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Best way to cut leather earrings.
While i still prefer the faux leather that i can buy by the yard i m glad to have another option to use when creating earrings.
Leather earrings can be a fun diy project that can leave you with a new accessory to wear.
I ve been known to do up to five additional passes on leather it really does depend on the individual piece of leather and the shape you are trying to cut.
I used faux leather buy it here for my projects but my friend and i recently used real leather and cut it on my scan n cut thin real leather works great too.
Cut a piece of gray leather that is 2 x 3 inches.
Patterns can range from very simple like basic circles to very complex like feather shapes.
I always select more pressure to make sure it cuts all the way through the leather.
Find the midpoint at the top of the short side mark a quarter inch to the right and left of this point and cut diagonal lines from these points to two inches down the long sides.
I will go back with a pair of small scissors follow the cut edge.
The leather s much more prone to moving so it s harder to get a straight crisp line.
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Way too close to the top of the material.
You will need some leather cardboard scissors earring hooks and a hole puncher to make attractive leather earrings.
Settings that worked with a clean blade.
If it does cut all the way through i typically go back trim the hairs on the edges anyway.
Long list of free svgs for faux leather earrings here.
Because it s thin and more fragile using a hobby knife can pull and crease the leather as you try to drag the knife across it.
Once the cut h as been completed eject the mat and carefully peel away the excess leather leaving the earrings on the mat.
From the end of the diagonal lines on the long sides cut short diagonal lines to the midpoint of the bottom short side.
Cutting thin leather 1 mm thickness or less is best done using a rotary cutter.
There is a leather setting on mine in the custom settings but it does not always cut all the way through.
Once your project is cut use a weeding tool or tweezers to double check that your earrings are cut all the way through.
Embossed leather pieces for diy earrings leather supplier white green blue red.
I think i had two issue on the first cut 1.
Where to buy faux leather for earrings.
Insert the mat into the cricut machine and begin cutting.
My blade needed cleaned off.
Best settings for most cuts custom faux leather paper thin fine cut blade.
I use my cricut to cut my earrings for me.
