Leather bracers pattern

So as it claims in my profile - I am not a professional. I have learned things through tons of research, fantastic friends (who costume), and trial and error (at times painfully so). But how I've put my bracers together is quite straight forward so I want to share it in case I can save someone else a bit of trial and error :) Materials Needed: Tape measure Ruler Pencil Paper Scissors Fabric Eyelets and lace Fabric glue (possibly) Rolling pin (possibly) First things first...the pattern. To…

(All parts of the tutorial are listed here) Step One: How to Draft Bracers. In this post, I draft a pattern for the Bracers of Gondor. So, I always wanted to make bracers, especially since I had been planning for ages to make Gondor Bracers for Josh's Faramir Ranger outfit, and Link Bracers for Josh's Link Outfit. Sadly, I have no experience with tooling leather, and a very very limited budget. Then I stumbled across Andrea Schewe's tutorial for her pattern for making quilted bracers on the…

Here is my tutorial of how I made these awesome quilted bracers/vambraces. Part 1: Drafting a Bracer Pattern based on the Vambraces of Gondor Part 2: Sewing the underbracers, How to Quilt Bracers, and a Lacing Ring Solution Part 3: Assembling the Bracers: How to make Thin Leather look like Thick Leather Part 4: Inserting Grommets/Eyelets without a hole punch, and Painting the Leather with shoepolish Part 5: Glam Shots of the finished project

(All parts of the tutorial are listed here) Step One: How to Draft Bracers. In this post, I draft a pattern for the Bracers of Gondor. So, I always wanted to make bracers, especially since I had been planning for ages to make Gondor Bracers for Josh's Faramir Ranger outfit, and Link Bracers for Josh's Link Outfit. Sadly, I have no experience with tooling leather, and a very very limited budget. Then I stumbled across Andrea Schewe's tutorial for her pattern for making quilted bracers on the…

If you want to make a bracer, but want the lacing to be on the side, instead of the bottom, follow the original directions, and draft your pattern, and cut it out out of paper. Then tape it shut over your arm. With a marker, draw a line where you want the new opening/lacing to be. Then cut along the markered line, and lay it flat, this is your new pattern. It will look something like this. Here graphic I made that I hope helps... Remember that the left and right sides are the mirrored…

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How To: Simple Leather Vambrace: This is the first vambrace I ever made and it's a very simple one. It's easily modified, completely deconstructable, and really easy. After a creative high caused by wandering around a renaissance faire (how many of my instructables could I, or do …

Basic Faux Leather Arm Bracer: I have had this faux leather material leftover from an old Astrid costume I made several years ago. Over the years of seeing it sitting on my shelf I have attempted multiple projects in hopes of using it, but none ever saw a finished product. So fin…