How to decorate a bag with your own hands?

A stylish bag is a necessary accessory in the wardrobe of every girl. However, it often happens that even the most beloved bag begins to bother. In this case, there is a simple solution - to think about how you can refresh it. Interesting applications, decoupage, embroidery, ribbons and rhinestones can give a second life to any accessory. How to decorate a bag with your own hands?

If you don’t have time to do decor, but really want something new, you can try to tie a fashionable scarf on your purse. Scarves harmoniously complement the accessory and become an interesting note that others will certainly notice:

• Scarves wound tightly on the handle look very nice. This option is suitable for medium length pens. Twist the scarf into a tube and wrap it around the handle, and tie the ends into knots.

• Another effective method is a side scarf. A model of a contrasting color tied in a bow looks good. You can make both a neat little bow and a large fluffy one with sinking ends.

And for girls who have round openings in the bag, designers recommend a completely new version, first tested at Gucci.

• Replaceable straps in saturated color - the solution is not new, but relevant. Today, many designers produce bags and extra belts so that you can change images.

If your strap is attached to carabiners, then it's time to remove it and try something more unusual. The trend of this season will be wide belts, as well as bright contrasting models.

It doesn’t matter if your favorite leather bag does not look the same as on the day of purchase. There are several ways to fix this.

Decoupage is a great way to breathe life into leather or leatherette accessories. First you need to thoroughly clean the entire surface of the bag from dust and dirt.

After that, cut out the necessary parts with which you will trim the bag from decoupage napkins.

Brush decoupage glue on each item and evenly distribute it. Glue all the parts to the right places and leave the bag to dry for about five hours.

When this time has passed, the surface will need to be coated with a special varnish for leather surfaces. After 8-9 hours, the procedure should be repeated.

Cross-stitching is an acceptable, but rather long and difficult process. Only those girls who have a lot of free time and patience can try it. Embroidery is suitable exclusively for handbags made of very thin leather. On the other hand, the resulting accessory will look stunning, especially complementing the image in a folk style.

To decorate leather models, it is quite possible to use beads. Get a ready-made embroidery pattern, multi-colored beads, and as a result a pretty attractive accessory will come out. But this method is also suitable only for bags made of thin leather. More dense models are well decorated with rhinestones. For this you need plain or multi-colored rhinestones and special glue for decoupage.

Fringed decor is not the easiest method, but it’s quite possible to try it out:

• Turn the bag inside out, and, stepping back a few millimeters from the seams, make small markings.
• On the markings, apply small divisions of about 1-1.5 cm, and make holes in these places with a hole punch.
• After that, you need to hook through the holes you bought in advance the leather braid.
• It remains only to unscrew the bag again and the new accessory is ready.

One of the simplest methods is stone trim. You can buy small pebbles and attach them with glue.

A good option is an already finished tape with stones. A few of these ribbons on your bag - and the accessory will sparkle with new colors.

Finishing textile bags is a pleasure, because they are very easy to use. There are more interesting solutions here than with leather models.

The first one is stylish embroidery. Patterned embroidery with dense threads looks original. This season, bags embroidered with flowers, shells, fruits, leaves will be popular.

In the center or side of the handbag, you can also embroider a small pattern or make a beautiful pattern of rhinestones or stones.

Denim models look great in combination with various buttons. Each girl probably has a collection of their old buttons that cannot be adapted anywhere. Now the solution has been found - sew them in a custom pattern on a jeans bag and get an interesting new model.

If you like to draw and paint pictures, it's time to try yourself in painting handbags. For this, jeans models and linen bags are suitable.The paints must be of good quality, preferably acrylic, so that the product can later be washed.

Beginners are advised to use a stencil, and put a sheet of cardboard or a wide book to the inside.

A great way to finish your handbag is applique. This is always a win-win option. It is best to choose safe materials such as leather or felt. From them you can make beautiful voluminous flowers, which with the help of glue can easily be attached to the product.

It so happens that the bag looks pretty decent, but the handles leave much to be desired. Do not throw away your favorite product, updating them is easy enough. If the handles are attached, they can be completely replaced, simply repulse from the handbag. Get new leather straps and sew them by attaching to the product.

Handles on the rings - the most advantageous option. They can be easily removed from the rings and replaced with a beautiful stylish chain or strap. Another thing is static handles, which are impossible to remove or tear away. In this case, braid, strips of leather or fabric will help. They will have to wrap the entire handle, making a hole at its edge and securing it with a loop.

But summer rag bags are a real flight for imagination. New wooden handles or hoops will look elegant.

If this option is not for you, try to make a strap yourself. Thick denim, as well as linen, will do. Having made such a pen, it remains only to sew it firmly.

Decorating a simple white handbag is always interesting, because you yourself create a personal masterpiece. If the application of prints or applications is not included in your plans, you can simply update the color. The main minus of white is that it quickly gets dirty and gets unpleasant scuffs that cannot be removed. Get a special paint to match your bag and apply it to the product.

White leather bags look great with colorful bright decoupage. And it can be not only big flowers. An interesting solution will be unusual geometric shapes, faces, surrealistic pictures. The contrasting images of birds, animals and trees look perfect.

If you have a white fabric handbag without a pattern, then a great option is to embroider a pattern. Today, thousands of patterns are sold that will help in the application of embroidery. Of the materials, you can use not only threads, small and large buttons, beads, and tiny beads will look beneficial.

White bags are perfect for painting with acrylic paints. Beginner girls can draw voluminous flowers or fruits, and for professionals it seems possible to write whole pictures.

In addition to painting, the product can be finished with stylish volumetric application. To do this, you only need scissors, a few pieces of fabric and glue. From fabric, you can make flowers or bows and attach them to glue.

Ribbon embroidery is not just a stylish decoration, it is also a real anti-stress.

To embroider an interesting applique, you will need a needle, a sketch with a pattern, satin fabric of the desired colors, and, of course, a textile bag:

• The first thing to do is to transfer the drawing to the fabric with a fine or simple pencil. The embroidery of sunflowers looks very interesting on the fabric, and it is quite easy to use.

• Fasten the fabric well and start the process of embroidering stems and leaves. Simple standard stitches are suitable, but at the end of the work you need to wrap them with a ribbon. The tape will need to be twisted, otherwise the drawing will turn out to be unrealistic. It’s good to use a knitting needle in this case, it goes perfectly through the fabric and facilitates the process of removing the needle.

• Once finished with the stems, you can move on to the sunflowers themselves. It would be advisable to start with small flowers, embroidering the petals, and then the sepals. Large sunflowers require a slightly different tactic. We seal the middle with a paper circle and embroider the petals and sepals.

To achieve volume, embroider the petals in several layers, it is better if there are four of them. Start at the bottom using a wide ribbon of a darker color. From above we impose the second layer, between the lower petals. Then add two more rows, and it remains only to unfasten the paper circle and embroider the middle with a black ribbon in the form of knots. Finally, paint the central petals a darker color.

It’s not difficult to master the technique of embroidering with ribbons on your own. A good example of doing this kind of work can be seen in the following video: