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Leather Cord Jewelry Making Beginner

• Tips to Help a Leather Cord Jewelry Making
  Beginner

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Leather Cord Jewelry Making Beginner

• Leather cord is used to a great deal in making
  jewelry. Many jewelry designers create necklaces,
  bangles, bracelets, cuffs and many other fashion
  accessories using leather cord as a base
  material. The great thing about leather cord is
  the finish and the many different types and sizes
  available in it. However, anyone who has ever
  worked with a leather cord would certainly agree
  that when you buy leather cord, there are certain
  things that you should know of regarding the use
  of leather cord. Here are three important things
  that every jewelry designer needs to do with the
  leather cord during, before and after its use

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Straightening the leather cord

• Anyone who has ever bought a leather cord would
  certainly want to know of ways to avoid getting
  wrinkles or lines on the leather cord because it
  really diminishes the appeal in some way. To
  shape the cords or to straighten them, there are
  a couple of easy methods but here we will discuss
  the most used and the most popular method.
• Take the wrinkled cord, bundle the free ends of
  the cord together and hold them like this with a
  rubber band. Next up, run hot water over them for
  close to 10 seconds, post this, you just need to
  hand them or lay them flat on a surface and let
  them dry. The leather is straightened out and
  smoothens as well. If there are, parts of the
  leather cords that still do not appear flat or
  straightened, put some weight on the particular
  areas right after the hot water routine. This is
  the simplest and easiest method to straighten a
  leather cord.

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Finish the leather cord

• Finish the leather cord
• There are so many things that you can use to
  finish the leather jewelry. You can use amongst
  the different types of cord ends like the hook
  cord end or the clasp end, you can also use a
  coil, magnet, fold over clasp or just simply knot
  the ends. End caps and conical beads are also
  great to work with leather. To give your leather
  jewelry a professional look, make sure that the
  leather has a nice finish and there are no rough
  edges.
• Rolling the Leather Cord
• Storing the leather cord post usage is quite
  easy you will just need a spindle over which you
  can roll over the leather cord. This will ensure
  that the leather cord is not entangled and
  remains sorted. This especially comes in handy in
  case of leather strings that might even tear off
  if clustered together badly. If the leather cords
  is rubbed together, it can cause discoloration or
  minor tears to appear.