How to Make a Macrame Leaf – Best Tips & Tricks + 15 Free Tutorials

Learn how to make a Macrame leaf and turn it into a beautiful wall hanging, earrings, keychains, bracelets, and more. Get started with my best tips for stiffening and cutting your cords!

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Always wanted to make one of those pretty Macrame leaves? It’s easier than you think and only requires you to know the basic knots.

Macrame Leaf Tutorials for Beginners

I’ve gathered my favorite free tutorials to cover all the basics of Macrame leaf making. Make sure to share your work with our Macrame for Beginners community on Facebook because I can’t wait to see your work!

Handy Supplies for making Macrame Feathers

When you’re planning to make Macrame feathers, I recommend ordering the following helpful supplies:

• Single-ply Macrame cord (4-5 mm in thickness)
• Animal Hairbrush: Hertzko Self-Cleaning Slicker Brush
• Rotary Cutter: Fiskars Classic Comfort Rotary Cutter (45mm) or Fiskars 60mm Rotary Cutter
• Sharp Scissors: Fiskars Amplify Scissors
• More helpful supplies can be found in my Amazon Storefront

Best Supplies For Stiffening Leafs

Depending on the technique you’re following based on the tutorials below, we recommend the following supplies for stiffening your feathers

• Concentrated PVA glue: Alecpea
• Hairspray: L’Oreal Elnett
• Fabric Stiffener: Aleene’s 15581 Stiffen-Quick Fabric Stiffening Spray

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That’s a Wrap!

I hope you learned how to get started with your beautiful macrame leaf collection and I can’t wait to see your beautiful creations!