Make your own suspenders with elastic bands

What you need:

• Elastic band
• 4 suspender brackets
• leather

You can still be seen in the male traditional costume, because they are simply part of it. But they are also still in use for trousers for both men and women. But you can also make your own suspenders with elastic bands. Then this utensil becomes unique. There are items of clothing for which wearing a belt would be disadvantageous. Then putting it together according to your own imagination would be a good idea.

Make the straps with elastic band - the preparations

• The advantage of making braces is that relatively little material is required.
• First of all, of course, you should be clear about how wide the braces should be. This also results in the size of the brace holder.
• When this is clarified, you should have a piece of sturdy leather, 4 suspender brackets and 3 elastic bands.
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• The processing can be done by hand or with a sewing machine. However, it should also have the function of being able to sew leather.


Sew straps - this is how you create original braces

You can easily sew straps for the trousers yourself according to your own ideas - ...

The manufacturing steps for the braces

1. Take the piece of leather and draw a V. The letter should be as wide as the elastic band at the 3 ends.
2. Now sew a rubber band onto the tip of the V. This should be so long that the V is then in the middle of the wearer's back.
3. Then sew a suspender holder onto this elastic band.
4. Sew a rubber band onto the other two ends of the V as well. These should be long enough that they reach over the shoulders to the front waistband.
5. Now attach the back part of the trousers and place the elastic bands over the shoulders up to the waistband.
6. Then cut off 10 cm of each of these two bands and sew on a suspender holder.
7. If you now attach the suspenders, they should fit exactly.