Welp, I am approximately eleventy MILLION years late to the “make Rey’s bracer” party, but here it is!
Me being an obsessive perfectionist, it took the better part of a day to design the pattern – I even had the McCall’s pattern for a jumping-off point, but that turned out to be terrible, like, the layers were badly proportioned, and the smallest it could fit was a 9″ wrist, what the hell, and it wasn’t adjustable at all. I went through about six different paper patterns and three rejected leather prototypes before I settled on an acceptable final version.
But good news! Now that all that’s out of the way, it turns out they are really quick to make, and I am pleased to be able to offer them for a cool $25 a pop, shipping out basically overnight. They are, in the words of the housemate I was testing them on, “super comfortable!” and will adjust to fit wrists anywhere between 6″-10″. (It’s also reversible, as you can see in the pictures above, which is kind of nifty.)
And because I’d hate for all my effort to go under-utilized, DIY-minded folks are welcome to use my pattern (it is as-or-more-screen-accurate than anything else you’ll find) – or, if you’d like Rey’s bracer in some lovely oil-tan leather that has been waiting for just this occasion, you can check it out at my shop. 😊