Leather Loop Keychain

For Christmas, my hubby gave me a wood burning tool. The crafter inward me was SO excited. Then life got busy, equally it ever does, as well as I position my tool aside without getting a hazard to experiment amongst it. Well, that all changed a calendar week agone when I lastly pulled out that tool as well as started piffling inward the garage. Who knew it would live thence much fun to reach the axe things?! I must’ve been inward at that spot all eve experimenting amongst materials. As shortly equally I knew I could reach the axe leather, I had a DIY idea: leather loop keychains. Another dandy projection for Father’s Day! 
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Now, y'all don’t need to personalize your keychains amongst the burning tool, but it does add together a cool effect!
Materials:
Leather (1″ x 7″ per keychain)
Rivets
Finishing Washers
Same size washer for dorsum (optional)
Split Ring (1″)
Tools:
Rivet Tool
Wood Burning Tool
Wood Burning Letter Attachments
Leather Punch
Pliers

First, cutting your leather amongst stuff scissors. Each keychain I made was 1″ yesteryear 7″.

Next, crease your leather, as well as score where the crease volition live – this volition reach y'all a take for where to postage stamp your leather. In the motion-picture demonstrate above, all iii layers of leather overlap right where my pollex is.


Now, warm upwards your wood burning tool (mine has a estrus setting for leather). When it is warm, postage stamp downward on the leather, using your record equally a guide.

I used pliers to take as well as switch letters inward between. You practise NOT desire to behave upon the tool because it volition live really hot. You tin allow it cool betwixt each letter, but I’m likewise impatient for that, lol. So I removed them amongst pliers :)

Next, y'all desire to add together your rivets. Put your dissever vociferation upwards inward identify as well as crease your leather thence that it’s inward the right position. Put holes inward your leather – I merely used a leather punch – as well as and then add together your rivets. Here’s a video to demonstrate y'all how!

That’s all at that spot is to it! You tin personalize your keychains to nation any y'all desire – initials, nicknames, “car” or “home”. Or y'all tin piece of job out out the personalization as well as stick amongst a novel leather keychain!
I promise y'all savour making your ain novel leather keychains!

If you’re looking for dandy gift ideas, cheque out the video tutorial for how to brand these uncomplicated Leather Coasters!


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