{"id":7707,"date":"2010-08-17T07:36:44","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T11:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=7707"},"modified":"2010-08-09T09:20:17","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T13:20:17","slug":"diy-cincher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/?p=7707","title":{"rendered":"DIY Cincher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/cincher-150x112.jpg\" alt=\"Cincher\" title=\"Cincher\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" class=\"contentimg\" \/>Here&#8217;s a brilliant use for a bunch of thrift-store belts: a fantastic <i>Edward Scissorhands<\/i>-style <a href=\"http:\/\/community.livejournal.com\/craftygoths\/887429.html\">cincher<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>craftygoths member hkcreations riveted them together using leather strips that she cut and dyed herself.  If you want to use the same technique you&#8217;ll need a few specialized tools: CRAFT has a great <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.craftzine.com\/archive\/2009\/07\/how-to_leather_dog_collar.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954\">article<\/a> on making a dog collar which discusses the same kind of leather-working equipment you would need for this project, and the accompanying photos will give you a pretty clear idea of how to attach the strips to the belts.  (As a bonus, you can use the same equipment and technique to make your own studded collars and bracelets.)<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to invest in a lot of tools, you could hand-rivet or sew the belts together (use pieces of an extra belt for the leather strips): <a href=\"http:\/\/home.clara.net\/arianrhod\/Aldebaran\/DoItYourself\/Leather.html\">This post<\/a> has a short overview of different ways to join leather, but the basic idea is to punch a hole with an awl and then stitch or rivet through it.  (If you&#8217;re brand-new to working with leather, get an extra belt or two at the thrift store and use them for practice.)<\/p>\n<p>This is a wonderful project: Inexpensive, fairly easy, and a really striking result.  Lovely!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a brilliant use for a bunch of thrift-store belts: a fantastic Edward Scissorhands-style cincher. craftygoths member hkcreations riveted them together using leather strips that she cut and dyed herself. If you want to use the same technique you&#8217;ll need a few specialized tools: CRAFT has a great article on making a dog collar which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doom-it-yourself"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7707"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7730,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7707\/revisions\/7730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shadowmanor.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}