How Do You Make A Cool Belt?
Cool belts can easily be made at home to showcase one’s own style and personality. With the popularity of hobo chic style, colorful patterns of fabrics make excellent belts. To start off, visit your town’s fabric store to see what materials are best to work on.
Fabrics such as chiffon, satin, soft leather and cotton are soft and they are great for dresses and skirts. To accentuate these materials, flashy beads, funky buttons, ribbons, sequins, feathers or cheap jewelries are some suggestions that are now very popular on various craft and fabric stores. These are also available in Walmart, Ace Hardware and Crafts and several can be found on ebay.
Sewing machine is important to have if you chose to work on your own belt. Start with getting the measurements right for you then proceed to cutting the fabric. Basic and simple stitchings are great for starters so as not to crowd the fabric with too much elements on it. Once this is done, you can now proceed to adding details such as buckles, holes and embellishments.
For simple belts that match any outfit, plain fabric or leather is cool. Select an attractive buckle in gold, silver or vintage tone to make the belt look trendy. For casual and hip belts, fabrics that are colorful and printed will do wonders but make sure to tone it down with less decorative details.
A sophisticated look can be achieved by using the same material for the belt as well as for the ornament. Do this by folding scraps of fabric (or soft leather) into a flower pattern and then stitch it close so it will not come off. Attach the flower into the belt itself by using fabric glue. The result is a belt looking just like it was bought straight from a fashion boutique.
These days many belts are just tied around the waist. Chiffon and soft leather are ideal as ribbon belts. A silver tone, light-weight chain totally rocks. All you need is get a set of toggle closure and you are off to go. It is easy, fashionable and definitely cool.
Another DIY article where you can create your own belt! • Buy a plain belt from somewhere, dollar store, your favourite clothing store, a fabric store, wherever you want. • Buy some materials you like. They should reflect your style. Remember, glitter and sparkles are safe for teens but be cautious with them if you’re designing for someone older. Ideas of materials are listed on the things you will need. • Get your hot glue gun ready and have plenty of glue sticks. Heat the glue gun for at least 5 minutes. • When gluing things on have something to spread the glue evenly, a toothpick is the best choice. After you glue everything on let it dry and cool down to prevent things from falling off and burning yourself.
