How to braid a handle 🥝 repair and restoration at home

A bag is one of the most important accessories of any woman. And so it is so pathetic to part with your favorite thing, seeing the chapped hands as they peeled off, scuffed marks and other signs of wear on it. But do not rush to throw away your favorite accessory, because you can solve the problem quite simply using available materials and creative ideas. Most often, handles in the product become unusable, so today we will tell you how to repair, restore, change, shorten the handles of a bag with your own hands at home in order to extend the use of your favorite accessory for more than one season.

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DIY women's bag repair

Unfortunately, buying a solid leather thing, we are not immune from fakes, which eventually begin to become cracked. However, even the strongest leather thing also loses its attractive appearance and wears out over time. Nothing lasts forever. But if there is at least some opportunity to prolong things, you must use it to restore the bag. We are ready to offer you some interesting ideas that will help transform your old bag into a new original accessory.

Important! Do-it-yourself bag repair from leatherette with small scuffs can be done using “liquid leather” sold in shoe stores. The tool can mask scuffs. After you use this universal tool, be sure to read on our website about how to care for a leather bag.

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How to fix the handles of a bag with your own hands?

If the part of the bag has worn out over time, then you can replace it with the help of improvised materials. For repair use:

• Waist belts.
• Neckerchief.
• Pieces of fabric or leather.
• A chain.
• Wooden or plastic beads.
• Braid or satin ribbon.

We suggest you use the following ideas for repairing pens.

Idea number 1. Pen case

The case can be sewn from genuine leather so that the accessory lasts as long as possible.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Buy a piece of thin skin (matching the color of the pens or a contrasting shade).
2. Cut and cut the workpieces. The width of the workpiece should be 2 times greater than desired, plus allowances for seams. The length of the cover can be chosen arbitrarily, for example, only for a worn (frayed) area.
3. Glue the workpieces with a dense cotton cloth. Use ordinary universal glue for this operation.
4. Glue the ends of the blanks and wrap them on the wrong side.
5. Fold in half the blanks and sew them on a typewriter. Use a special skin needle.
6. Turn the covers on the front side.
7. Put covers on handles.
8. Make awl holes on the sides of the handle, sew the covers.
9. Wear your favorite accessory for years to come.

Idea number 2. Wrap handles with tape, satin ribbon or stripes of leather

Handles can be trimmed to match gloves, shoes or other accessories. The idea itself is an old-fashioned way of wrapping parts with satin ribbon (braid) or pieces of leather.

Important! The advantages of the method:

• Not a single nodule or connection is visible.
• Excellent structural strength.
• Flexibility of detail.
• Durability (determined only by the quality of the material used).
• Simplicity of execution.

For work, you will need a ribbon of a suitable color or lace.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Determine the middle of the handle and the length of the restoration.
2. Wrap the handle tightly with tape. To prevent it from moving along the handle, lock it with a few stitches.
3. Fasten and cut the thread.
4. Wrap the handle tightly with tape from above, hiding the seam. Leave a spacing of approximately 3 mm between the turns. Make sure that the tape not only rests on the handle, but also does not twist as a result of strong pulling.
5. At the end of the work, fix the tape on the inside of the handle with a needle and a tight thread.

Important! Handles can be wrapped with strips of leather or strong braid. Wrap the parts with material, gradually grease them with glue.

Idea number 3. Waist belts

If the handles are thoroughly worn, then replace them with lap belts, measuring and cutting them to size. The idea is good in that you can adjust the length of the new handles.

If the accessory has one long handle, then use one belt, sewing it with a thick needle with a strong thread.

Important! If the bag material is very dense, then make punctures for stitches with an awl. Place the part on a wooden surface and carefully make holes to avoid injury.

Idea number 4. Leather pens and chains

For work you will need the following materials:

• Pieces of leather.
• Large chain.
• Scissors.
• Thick needle and durable thread.
• 4 or 2 rings (depending on the number of handles).

Important! Buy a metal chain at a hardware store. Measure in advance the required length and ask the seller to cut a piece of chain for the handle. If there are two handles, then ask to divide the chain into two parts.

Step-by-step instruction:

1. Cut the skin into strips of the same width.
2. Sew the strips together by hand or on a typewriter.
3. Lubricate the strips from the inside with glue.
4. Fold the strips in half.
5. Wait for the glue to dry and proceed with the design.
6. Strip one side and then the other side of the chain.
7. In the same way, make the second leather and chain pen.
8. Thread the two loose ends of the leather band through the ring.
9. Bend and sew the ends of the tape.
10. Take a wide leather strip and pass it through the ring so that it is in the center of the strip.
11. Sew a wide strip with a ring to the bag.

Idea number 5. Handkerchief silk scarf

An interesting designer thing will turn out of a silk scarf instead of a pen. Here are just a few recommendations on how to repair the handles of a bag with your own hands this way:

• You can wrap old parts with a handkerchief, thus hiding scuffs and flaws.
• If the handles are too worn, then open them, and attach 2 scarves in their place. Tie a corner on the old ring from the handle. Also act with the opposite angle, securing it to the ring on the other side. Create the second part in the same way.
• If the handles are not very worn, then wrap them with a handkerchief in coils at a short distance from each other so that the bag material is visible between them.

Important! To prevent the scarf from slipping off, tie knots to the right and left.

And on our portal you will find many interesting ideas to add practical accessories to your wardrobe. Click on the link and follow the master classes to:

• Sew a fabric bag with your own hands.
• Original decorate bag.

Idea number 6. Beads instead of pens

If you have old wooden or plastic beads that have the same round fragments, then use them to change the appearance of the accessory.

Proceed as follows:

1. Take a matching strip of fabric.
2. Wrap the beads with a cloth.
3. Trim the excess fabric, leaving seam allowances.
4. Stitch 2 edges of the canvas between each other.
5. Pass the beads into the finished steering wheel.
6. Separate each bead from the next, marking the gaps between them with threads.
7. Sew new handles to the bag.

We examined several ideas on how to repair the handles of a bag, and now we will tell you how to update an accessory without spending a lot of time and money on it.

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Easy repair of your favorite bag

If the handles of the accessory are whole, and the corners are pretty worn out, then use faux leather patches. You can cut out from the material not just patches, but whole applications, for example, circles or rings. In order to hide the flaw on the bag, you do not even need a sewing machine.

To extend the life of your favorite bag, use the following materials and tools:

• Leatherette.
• Glue.
• Scissors.
• Needle and thread in color material.

Use prepared materials as follows:

1. Cut the stencil out of paper. The size of the circle should cover the worn area of ​​the product.
2. Prepare from the material 4 parts for the lower corners (circles) and 4 for the upper (semicircles). Add 0.5 cm to the hem.
3. Cut along the entire circumference of the parts to gently bend the edges of the patches.
4. Fold the edges and sew.
5. Glue patches to the corners of the accessory.

Important! Use a transparent universal glue, for example, “Crystal Moment”.

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An easy way to update your purse

This option is perfect for products that show small cracks or scuffs.

For work you will need the following materials:

• Napkins for decoupage.
• Adhesive for decoupage.
• Lacquer.
• Thick soft brush.

The process of updating the accessory is quite simple. Proceed as follows:

• Clean the bag surface from dust and dirt. You can use wet wipes for this purpose.
• Cut decorating elements from decoupage napkins to hide defects in the accessory.

Important! Roses or other plants will look beautiful. Cut elements will perform two functions: decorate the product and hide existing scuffs and cracks.

• Carefully glue the cut parts onto the surface of the bag using special decoupage glue and a soft brush.
• Leave the accessory for 5 hours, so that all the decor elements are completely dry and fixed.
• Apply varnish over the entire surface of the updated accessory. Use a special varnish designed for processing leather products or other materials, depending on what the bag is made of.
• Leave the accessory for 8 hours until the varnish dries completely.
• Repeat the varnish procedure.
• Decorate the other side of the bag in the same way.

If none of the methods worked for you, maybe it’s not a breakdown at all, and you just want to update your wardrobe? Then our reviews will definitely come in handy, which you can read right now:

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Useful Tips:

• Before doing anything with an old leather product, it should be thoroughly cleaned of dirt. If necessary - the surface can be wiped with soapy water with a small amount ammonia. Wipe off any traces of moisture with a towel.
• To renew the skin on your purse, treat the surface with glycerin. Dampen the swab in the product and thoroughly wipe the entire surface. The product will sparkle and become attractive again. It is enough to wipe the varnished skin with a dry clean cloth.
• If the accessories on the accessory are worn, then replace it with new elements.
• A worn-out gasket makes the bag uncomfortable to use, as very often small things get into holes, and getting them out of there becomes problematic. If you can’t replace the gasket yourself, take the product to a sewing workshop.
• To renew the white handbag, use skin paint. Buy paint from a specialist store and strictly follow the instructions. Do not try to repaint the product in a radically different color, as the paint is intended only to update the material, and not to change its appearance.
• You can decorate and update the white handbag made of fabric with embroidery or painting. After choosing your favorite pattern, apply it to the fabric using chalk. Embroider the pattern with threads, beads, buttons, beads or fragments of jewelry.

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The question of how to update your favorite handbag is of interest to every woman. We hope that our ideas will inspire you to the creative process, as a result of which your favorite accessory will delight you with its beauty and creativity for many years to come. And most importantly, you could do it yourself with your own hands. So, there is reason to praise your beloved!