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There's something very elegant about a beautifully gloved hand – they draw the eye away from the chapped lips and red noses of winter and make any outfit come together. Each of these project ideas has been secured to a pair of super-supple plain leather gloves with a minimum of stitches. We've tried to follow the original seams of the gloves so that the embellishments are easy to remove without damaging the leather surface. This way you can chop and change your look whenever you fancy.
Make Wrist-Detail Gloves
Pick a pair of gloves to embellish. Place each glove on your hand and measure loosely around your wrist, allowing the end of the glove to gather slightly. Cut a 3.5cm wide strip of pale leather, making it 1cm longer than your wrist measurement.
Cut a second narrower strip of darker leather to the same length and spread a thin covering of PVA glue over the suede side of it. Allow the glue to go tacky before placing over the paler strip.
Fold under 5mm at either end of the bi-coloured strip and glue to neaten. Position one side of a diamanté clasp at the end of the strip so that the hook extends beyond the leather. Stitch in place with strong thread.
Place the other end of the clasp on the other end of the strip ensuring it will line up and allowing the eye to extend beyond the leather. Stitch in place.
Lay the strip flat and if the ends appear wrinkled where they are sewn, reinforce them with a rectangle of leather glued to the underside. Use a ruler to mark out 1cm intervals with a pencil down the centre of the strip. Glue flat backed gems to each pencil mark and leave to dry.
Place the glove on your hand and secure the strip around your wrist. Move the strip around until the clasp sits in a favoured position. Turn your hand over and mark the leather strip where it sits over the vent of the glove.
Remove the strip and glove, reposition the strip over the vent where it
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