Hanging Leather Planter

In the spring, all nature comes to life. And despite the remaining snowdrifts outside the window, it's time to put the houseplants in order.

My wife recently transplanted an overgrown shoot of her favorite orchid into a new larger pot. The problem is that our flower rack holds a limited number of flowers, strictly according to the number of areas it has. And there were a little more flowers.

But I figured out how to save the situation and made a hanging leather orchid planter. Moreover, the location of the various areas just makes it easy to link.

The manufacturing process is quite simple and very exciting, as you assemble the constructor :) Try it!

For and manufacturing we need:

1. A flower pot with a saucer - will not be damaged during the work :)
2. Metal ring with an inner diameter of about 40mm
3. Metal ring with an inner diameter of about 15mm
4. Metal triangle with side about 15mm
5. Ruler
6. Awl
7. Grinding knife
8. Just a sharp knife (or rotary)
9. Round punches 2mm and 8mm diameter
10. Beveller 1mm
11. Rivets - I have a 7mm head
12. Leather. I took vegetable tanned 2mm thickness
13. Protective agent for skin and brush for application. I took Elixir from Kenda. It practically does not change the color and texture of the skin and quite well helps from water
14. 6mm diameter rope (optional)

We need to mark three strips 25mm wide.

The length of the strips depends on the selected pot. I have a pot about 110mm high and 150mm in diameter at its widest point.

With such dimensions, the length of each strip should be 500-550mm. We'll cut off the excess later :)

We cut the strips carefully and without haste.
The sharper the knife, the neater strips will come out. Rotary knives are generally very good for straight cutting.

Using a flower pot as a reference, mark how long we need a strip.

The strip should wrap around the top (wider) part of the pot. It is also worth considering that the strip itself should overlap by about 15-20mm.

Carefully cut the strip according to the mark made in the previous step.

So that the overlap is not conspicuous, you need to thin the ends of the strip.

Thin the left and right edges by approximately the width of the overlap. For the process to go neatly and easily, the knife must be very sharp.

Important: on the one hand, we thin the front side of the skin, and on the other - the back side!

We mark the places for the holes.

First, mark the holes along the edges. When you connect them, we get a ring.

Then we divide the distance between them into 4 equal segments.

We punch all the holes marked in the last step. Diameter 2mm.

We carefully divide the remaining two stripes in half.

Thus, we have 4 strips of about 250 mm in length.

Round off the corners on one side of each strip. This side will be attached to the metal ring.

Thin the reverse side of the skin where the rounding was made, 15-20 mm is enough.

This is necessary so that there is no large protrusion at the bottom.

Mark the holes at a distance of 10 mm and 50 mm from the rounded edge. This distance is quite enough when using materials similar to mine.

Alternative: Try one strip on a large metal ring, mark in place. Transfer the markings to the remaining strips.

Punch holes 2 mm in diameter.

We assembly the cross from a metal ring and leather strips.

We connect everything with rivets or screws, but do not fasten it tightly, since this is a test assembly, it is only needed for fitting.

Using the pot as a reference, mark on one strip the place where the leather ring will pass and where to make holes for the suspension.

We disassemble the crosspiece into separate elements.

We transfer the markup from the previous step to all other strips.

Looking from the edge with the holes already punched, I have the following hole placement:

10 mm -> 50 mm -> 179 mm -> 214 mm

We mark the rounding at a distance of 12-15 mm from the last hole.

With a sharp knife, round off the stripes according to the markings from the last step.

If it does not work out very smoothly, you can touch up with sandpaper.

We remove chamfers from all strips on both sides.

The tool must be sharp to handle the skin well.

We punch holes on all strips.

The outermost hole should be about 8 mm, the hanger will be inserted into it.

The second 2mm hole is needed for attaching the leather ring.

At this stage, you need to decide what kind of suspension you want to use.

If the suspension is rope, then we skip this and the next 2 steps.

Those who decided to make a suspension from leather need 2 strips 7-8 mm wide and about 1 m long each.

With a sharp knife, cut out our long strips marked in the previous step.

The sharper the knife, the less the skin will pull when cutting, and the smoother the strip will come out.

Chamfering the long sides of our straps. We do this both from the front and from the seamy side.

All leather parts that we have are evenly coated with a moisture protection agent.

You need to cover from all sides. I highly recommend that you read the instructions for your product. And not just get acquainted, but also use the knowledge gained when applying :)

When everything is well dry, you can put everything together.

First, the cross is assembled, then a leather ring is riveted to it.

The pictures clearly show how to collect everything, but I will try to additionally present a text algorithm:

• take a strip
• tie a knot from the edge
• insert the strip into a free loop on the planter (from the outside to the inside)
• thread the strip into a small metal ring
• thread the strip into a metal triangle
• again thread the strip into a small metal ring, but in the opposite direction
• insert the strip into a free loop on the planter (from the inside to the outside)
• tie a knot

Repeat for the second strip the same thing again.

If you are making a rope suspension, then use the algorithm from the previous step, simply replacing the word "leather strip" with "rope" :)

Done!
Everything worked out, which means now you can add almost 2 times more plants to the rack with flowers than it was originally designed :) Tropical jungle nearby.

May there be more beauty in the house!