Cuff Bracelet Instructions

Cuff bracelets are generally larger than your typical beaded bracelet, and therefore they are a bolder fashion statement. This makes them popular with punk rockers, bikers and similar crowds. Make your own cuff bracelets to add a more adventurous statement to your outfits without spending a bundle on these wrist adornments at accessory stores.

Things You'll Need

• Measuring tape
• Fabric
• Fusible interfacing
• Rotary cutter
• Cutting mat
• Iron
• Pins
• Sewing machine
• Chopstick
• Size 16 snaps
• Snap setter
• Hammer

Instructions

1. Measure around your wrist.

2. Cut two strips of fabric and two strips of fusible webbing 2 inches wide and 1 1/2 inches longer than your wrist measurement using a rotary cutter on a cutting mat.

3. Iron one strip of fusible interfacing onto the wrong side of each strip of fabric following the instructions on the fusible interfacing package. Generally you will place the fabric on top of the shiny side of the fusible interfacing with the wrong side of the fabric facing down. Then, run an iron over the top of the fabric (the right side) for 30 to 45 seconds with the iron set on medium to high heat, with the steam setting off.

4. Place the two pieces of fabric together with the right sides facing each other.

5. Pin the strips together to hold them in place while you sew.

6. Sew along the two long sides and one of the shorter sides of the pinned together strips, 1/2 an inch in from the edges.

7. Turn the whole construction right side out through the open side. Use a chopstick to push the fabric through if you have difficulty turning the whole thing right side out with just your fingers.

8. Iron the whole construction flat.

9. Turn the edges of the open end of the strip down and in 1/2 an inch. Press the fabric down like this.

10. Sew around the whole strip 1/4 of an inch in from the edge.

11. Take apart your snap setter by pushing on the post while prying the layers of the tool apart.

12. Place your snap top, with the prongs facing up, in the indent of the bottom layer of the tool.

13. Place your fabric strip, with the right side facing down, over the snap top so it is positioned 1/4 of an inch in from one of the long and short edges.

14. Slide the middle piece of the tool onto the post of the bottom part, over the top of the material.

15. Place the snap socket, so it looks like a right side up bowl, into the hole of the middle layer of the tool.

16. Slide the top layer of the tool down on the post of the tool. Use a hammer to set the snap on the fabric before prying the tool apart to repeat the process 1/4 of an inch in from the same short edge and the other long edge.

17. Repeat the snap setting process at the other end of the strip of fabric, this time setting the open prong ring in first, the fabric over that wrong side down and then the stud in the hole of the middle layer. Make sure that you set the prongs of the snap in 1/4 of an inch from the short and long edges so they line up with the socket.

Tips & Warnings

• Stencil designs onto your bracelet with fabric paint to add even more personality to your home-crafted cuff.

References

• Snap Source: How to Use Tools
• Craftster: Cuff Bracelet Tutorial