This is a leather pouch my mom had as a young girl so it's about half a century old. I use it as a wall decor in my studio and this year I decided to give its life back.
So I washed it up - yes you read right, using good old soap and water and a lot of gentle scrubbing. I reckoned there was nothing to lose and I was right.
The glue at one of the sides had worn off so I glued it with a liquid silicone. As you can see it is a plain, ordinary pouch so I just added a string of colorful wooden beads, some pom-poms and it already looks much better.
When we get tired of this look, we will think up of some new embellishment.
9 comments:
Hello Maya,
The leather pouch looks great with the Pom pom attached! Have fun using the bag! Thanks for sharing this at Cooking and Crafting with J&J!
Enjoy the week.
Julie
Its so nice leather pouch, i like it.
Have a nice day
Thank you Julie!
Thank you Myrica!
You can easily clean leather with kerosene or diesel; even water is fine as long as you dry it in the sun. Also rubber adhesives hold leather well over the years and used even in commercial manufacturing
I don't use any chemicals, abrasives, petrols and such in my household due to health preserving reasons, so water and soap work just fine.
With one exception that is- the silicone I use to glue things.
I'm enjoying the Bohemian Summer, Maya. So many pretty things.
Amalia
xo
So cute! :)
Thanks for joining Cooking and Crafting with J & J!
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