DIY Leather Phone Sleeve

Create a phone sleeve with a pretty heart cutout using the Cricut Maker to cut the leather with the knife blade.

January 15, 2021 · 2 min · 327 words · Melanie Walker

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I worried I would ruin the beautiful and flawless genuine leather which to buy new is not cheap.

Materials Needed:

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Using a measuring tape, wrap it around the length and width of the phone and record the measurement.

Open a new project in Design Space.

In my case, I made the rectangle shape 6.5 high x 3.5 wide.

Insert a circle shape measuring 1.75 wide.

Place the circle shape overlapping the top of the rectangle directly in the center.

Have them overlapping by approx.

Inserting a cell phone into a red leather phone sleeve.

Select both shapes together and press the Slice button.

press the rectangle shape and move it away from the circle shape leaving the cut out behind.

Delete the other shapes.

Inserting a cell phone into a red leather phone sleeve.

Duplicate the rectangle shape.

Insert a heart shape and adjust size to 12 high.

Place it in the center just below the cut out.

Select this shape along with the heart shape to cut out the heart using the slice tool again.

Discard the heart shape.

Change the shape color to match the material color, in my case its cranberry.

select Make It to view shapes on mats.

Move the star wheels to the right side.

Place the leather on the strong grip mat and tape the edges.

Suggest placing the smooth side down (not sueded side down).

Proceed with cutting the leather.

Peel away the leather and the cut pieces.

Place cut pieces with suede sides together.

check that to back tack the stitches to lock thread at the start and end of the stitch line.

And once stitched, the phone sleeve is ready to use!

I love how it turned out especially with the sweet little heart cut out in the center.

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DIY Leather Phone Sleeve

Materials

Instructions

Materials needed to make a leather phone sleeve.

Materials needed to make a leather phone sleeve.

Inserting a rectangle and square shape into Cricut Design Space.

Inserting a rectangle and square shape into Cricut Design Space.

Overlapping the circle and rectangle image on Cricut Design Space.

Overlapping the circle and rectangle image on Cricut Design Space.

Removing the circle image from the rectangle to leave a cut out shape in Cricut Design space.

Removing the circle image from the rectangle to leave a cut out shape in Cricut Design space.

Duplicating the rectangle shape in Cricut Design space.

Duplicating the rectangle shape in Cricut Design space.

Inserting a heart shape in one of the rectangle shapes.

Inserting a heart shape in one of the rectangle shapes.

Changing the rectangles to red.

Changing the rectangles to red.

Setting the cutting base in Cricut Design Space.

Setting the cutting base in Cricut Design Space.

Placing the red leather on a grip mat.

Placing the red leather on a grip mat.

Cricut machine cutting the red leather.

Cricut machine cutting the red leather.

Peeling away excess vinyl from the leather sleeves.

Peeling away excess vinyl from the leather sleeves.

Placing the red leather sleeves next to each other.

Placing the red leather sleeves next to each other.

Placing the red leather sleeves next to each other.

Placing the red leather sleeves next to each other.

Sewing the red leather phone sleeves together.

Sewing the red leather phone sleeves together.

Sewing the red leather phone sleeves together.

Sewing the red leather phone sleeves together.

Sewing the red leather phone sleeves together.

Sewing the red leather phone sleeves together.

Sewing the red leather phone sleeves together.

Sewing the red leather phone sleeves together.

Sewing the red leather phone sleeves together.

Sewing the red leather phone sleeves together.

A cell phone inserted into a red leather phone sleeve.

A cell phone inserted into a red leather phone sleeve.

cranberry colored leather phone sleeve holding cell phone

cranberry colored leather phone sleeve holding cell phone

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