Flower Punch

[cercyonis]

My niece wants me to make this hobo bag for her. How in the heck can I make all those stinkin' flowers without cutting them with scissors!? I have searched and searched for a punch, to no avail. Any ideas besides telling her to cut 'em all out herself?

[Ferg]

To me the obvious answer is to have a company who makes clicking dies, make you a hammer die. That small should be no problem.

ferg

[MonicaJacobson]

LOL, wow, they would be annoying to cut out. You might be able to buy already cut out leather flowers from somewhere. Springfield has some flower shapes for sale, and I bet you can find them a lot of places.

Cool idea for a bag, btw...

Edited October 3, 2014 by MonicaJacobson

[Wishful]

I have seen them for sale at craft stores in small quantities. Although I have not tried myself, some folks have success with a cricut machine on thin leather. Do a search on that

Edited October 3, 2014 by Wishful

[Tgrlily]

There is a flower cutting die for sizzix and it cuts thinner leather very well. I have the Sizzix Big Kick. I use it to emboss some designs and cut small things like leaves, flowers, gears and the motif I use for monograms.

[cercyonis]

I so appreciate this forum. Good responses; I hadn't even heard of a Cricut machine, but now I'm intrigued after researching. Just worried that after spending $250, it'll get destroyed by cutting out a hundred leather flowers. Mallet dies cost a lot, however, so tough to justify the price for one project. Thank you, friends.

[Troy Burch]

Maybe a rosetta cutter, or even a cookie cutter might be work if your leather is wet.

[Tgrlily]

I've had my Sizzix for over 3 years. Embossed a lot of copper with it before using it on leather. Last Halloween we cut a ridiculous number of leaves out of thin veg tan leather for my daughter's Poison Ivy costume. It's still going strong.

[HollyNelson]

I so appreciate this forum. Good responses; I hadn't even heard of a Cricut machine, but now I'm intrigued after researching. Just worried that after spending $250, it'll get destroyed by cutting out a hundred leather flowers. Mallet dies cost a lot, however, so tough to justify the price for one project. Thank you, friends.

I thought the Cricut sounded marvelous, so I went and looked it up online. However, it won't work offline or without being logged into the Cricut website. Since I would want to do personal drawings, sketches, and such, this seems a bit controlling. Still, pretty neat.

[cercyonis]

Exactly, that's what ultimately is keeping me away from the Cricut Express. Otherwise, it seems incredibly useful.

[cercyonis]

Update: I borrowed a Sizzix Original machine and some dies from my niece. It's a lot of fun. Here are some flowers I cut out of thin leather:

[cercyonis]

Update (probably no one cares, but oh well)... I did the purse. Used the Sizzix Original. Love it. Cut out all those stinkin' flowers with no problem.

[MonicaJacobson]

It turned out really cool, great job!

[electrathon]

While I can't say that I would carry it (or any purse, LOL). I really like it. Nice design.