Do It Yourself: How To Make a Studded Leather Clutch
Hello everybody,
I visited the Forever21 store in Oberoi Mall the other day. Well, it was their grand opening day and they were giving out a special gift to the first 300 customers. So, guess who was one of the lucky 300?? *woot* I must say the opening was great, we walked into the store with all this music playing for us and it was like a mini catwalk from the entrance to the racks of amazing clothes! And we saw Shraddha Kapoor. Damn she is BEAUTIFUL 😀 Now, coming to the gift, I was expecting something like a discount coupon or maybe free shopping 😛 (well that’s too much to ask for). They handed us these leather clutches – plain, black. Not that they were bad, it was just too plain and I couldn’t think of where to carry it to – “Maybe to the sabji mandi” mom said : /
So, I figured I would better do something and make it better! So, I converted it into a black gothic style cross body. I wanted to share with you how I did it. You all can style your plain clutches in a similar fashion.
Method:
Collect all the things you need. You will need:
- A plain clutch.
- Studs/earrings/bracelet/anything you want to attach to your clutch (I got my studs from Something Special – Bandra)/
- Chains (I got mine from Something Special –Bandra).
- Feviquick/Fabric glue.
- This is the Forever21 clutch I got.
Now, stitch your chain into the inner side or partition of the clutch, I stitched it to the partition because that way I can hide the chain by just pushing it into the clutch and then viola; crossbody is now a studded clutch *haanji*. The result of the stitching is shown in picture 4.
Your bag should look something like this.
Now, stick the studs using Feviquick/fabric glue as shown in the pictures (I would suggest using a proper glue for leather clutches, Feviquick kind of came off in a day or two). You can stitch your studs too, but then make sure you are good at it because it will show on the bag.
Here are different ways in which you can stick/stitch your studs. You can also attach your old bracelet (golden one from the pictures), even old earrings, you can pierce it through the bag.
This is how my bag turned out! 😀 my Beige bag now has a black friend( in a non-racist way) 😛
It took me hardly half an hour to make it. The stitching part took most of my time; it’s a little tricky, at least for me.
I hope you all liked my DIY.
Adios. Take care sweethearts :*
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Great DIY, you transformed it completely *woot* *woot*
*thankyou* It was so much fun doing this. 🙂
heyyy u gave me an awesome idea…. i too have a plain black clutch….. definitely gonna try this
super easy *pompom* *pompom*
will the fabric glue work on leather clutch?
Fabric glue should do, feviquick didn’t stay for long.
this was awesome *woot* *woot* *woot* well done Utkarsha *clap* *clap*
*thankyou* *thankyou*
If i had a plain leather clutch i would have done this stud work only coz it looks sooo chic *hifive* *hifive* great work done and it looks ekdum stylish *happy dance* *happy dance*
Go buy a plain black clutch 😛 😛
Try sequined lace on cotton clutches that looks great too 🙂
Great job Utkarsha *clap* loved your DIY *pompom* *pompom*
*thankyou* *thankyou*
Awesome DIY Uttkarsha.. Loved it *pompom*
😀 *thankyou*
smart idea *jalwa*
*happydance* *happydance* i know right 😛
very creative!! *clap*
*hifive*
Good work Utkarsha…..you have changed that plain black clutch completely
*thankyou* *thankyou* *happydance* *happydance*
Great Job Utkarsha *clap* *clap* i really loved your creativity *hifive*
*thankyou*
superb! *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap* *clap*
*thankyou* *thankyou*
awesome work dear..hats off..you completely transformed the clutch into a beautiful piece.. *jai ho*
*happydance*
amazing…! u hv done a real good job….the bag look so chic now……
*thankyou* *happy dance*
This look really really cool utkarsha. you changed the face of your clutch. awesome job *jai ho* *jai ho* *jai ho*
*thankyou* *thankyou*
i took it with me last night so many complimentssss *jalwa* *jalwa*
such a cool one *clap*
Wow looks amazing! Great idea…have to give this a try!
wow *woot* amazing *woot* superb
wow good work! Looks really cool *jai ho*