Pleated Cuffs from Every Creative Endeavor

Hi! My name is Amanda and I am the creative mind behind Every Creative Endeavor. I am a stay at home mom who loves to create awesome DIY projects for my home and my kids. I love a fun can of spray paint, a beautiful piece of fabric, an awesome power tool or a yummy recipe! I am so excited to be here today sharing my “BLING” tutorial with all of you! I just love Megan and her awesome blog! Today we are going to talk about Pleats!!

I love pleats and cuffs so why not combine them together and make a pleated cuff??!!

First, lets grab some fabric and tear off a piece – mine are two inches wide. I tore each side so they would be frayed on both sides. I wanted them to look a little bit rougher.

Then I got to work folding down my fabric and making the pleats. Since I wanted mine a bit rougher I didn’t measure and just {eyed} it but if you want yours exact, just lay a ruler down next to your fabric to help you – then I sewed a straight line down each side – I backward stitched on each end on both sides.

Using my Snap tool that I bought at hobby lobby – I attached snaps to the ends. Make sure you measure first and fold your fabric over to the size that you need to fit around your wrist. If you need a tutorial to attach snaps – check it out here!

After you have your snaps in place you are finished with the cuff! But I thought that mine solid colors were pretty plain and wanted something to {pretty} them up a bit –

- so I headed to my scrapbooking supplies and found some really cute fabric flowers and used those. They are sticky on the backside so they stuck right to my fabric – but I added a little bit of fabric tac to make sure they stay -

I la la la love the fun little fabric flowers and the “umph” they add to the cuffs. I really love the orange, brown, green, yellow and blue one I added to the yellow – it is just so fun, happy and bright! But the green one is darling too – ohhh – it is so hard to decide!!

So run to your fabric stash and find the most fun fabric you have and whip up a bunch of these – you will love them!!

And – I made a few more but instead of using snaps – I used velcro and stitched the velcro onto each side and they work just as well so if you don’t have the snap tool or snaps – don’t be discouraged, just use velcro! I also think it would be cute to do a fun fabric and then add a darling button! There are so many cute possibilities!!

Have fun with your creative endeavors and I would love if you would stop by and visit me and see all the fun we are having over at my {blog!} I also have a really fun contest called Creative Bloggers Got Talent and I would love for you to join up – or come and vote for your favorite projects!

Thanks again for having me today and I hope you have a wonderful week!!