Leather is very likely the first material used by humans for sewing. How difficult can it be to sew leather? At a first glance – very difficult, or at least that’s what I thought before actually doing it. But after I finished my first serious project I realized that sewing leather is not more complicated than sewing denim for example. On the contrary, because leather doesn’t fray, doesn’t need washing, pressing, doesn’t shrink etc. I made quite a few projects with leather, made some mistakes during the process and discovered so much by trial and error that now I can share with you some tips on how to sew leather.
So far I've done numerous experiments of botanical imprints on fabrics like wool, silk, viscose and all other cellulose materials. But now keen on leather printing. This is the one just done with all the flowers and leaves gathered around my area even the yellow flowers of Israel wild chrysanthemums that the seeds my master instructor Irit Dulman gave me to grow in Hong Kong. 這些日子做了很多不同物料的植物印染，最為喜愛的是印在羊仔皮上再製作成皮革小包包。最感自滿的是從以色列老師 Irit Dulman 給我當地野黃菊種子，我自行種植現在盛放的小黃菊印製而成的花兒印染。做了那麼多的試驗，縫製了很多小包包，有些自用，有些已送給知音朋友，我愛我的土地種出繁花錦簇 。 The Israel typical chrysanthemums are blooming and insects love them. I will have hundreds of this flower to do my favourite prints. There're other wild flowers on the path. Can't resist ! To make use the swatches of prints, I sewed into something functional. Here are the purses of linen, cotton, wool flannel and leather....... all with natural pigments of botanical imprints. This is the prints on linen with own grown yellow flowers and other picked foliages. Here's the lamb skin, leather prints "Before & After". Close up of the prints of cosmos, Chinese willows and others. My favourite part of the prints of different flowers and the leaf of passion fruit. Batch of all leather prints with botanical imprints. Batch of fabric prints with assorted leaves and indigo dyed, The black ones are of iron and pomegrate mordant. These are wool flannel, grey background is reaction of tannin. Small purses of assorted eucalyptus without any mordant. The strong and bold prints of eucalyptus are Mogi's fav? The soft lamb skin printed with leaves of morning glory and cosmos. Both sides of leather, the other side of grey blue I left it as it is. The purses I have made so far are not intented for selling but mostly for friends who appreciate my work. Honestly my sewing skills are not that good. This one alredy in my friend's hands. This is the wool flanel printed in Irit Dulman's workshop in Israel. This is linen just done the mordant testing with the Israel yellow flowers I grown myself. It works ! The tote bag lined with the old table cloth my mother used before. My mother passed away for two years. I got the vintage table cloth my family used to have meals when we visited her. I done prints then made it for the tote bag lining. This is reversible. Tote bag with lining of vintage table cloth is way of upcycling and keepsake for loved family. This will definitely for my own use. Mogi, "mum what to do with this? Smells something of animal?" The lambskin leather prints with the flowers I got from friend's house plus my own grown ones is made into a purse and in the hands of my friend.The making is first mordant the leather, it's already very soft and thin like fabric. Then rolled as bundle to steam in low heat for only 45 min. I smooth the surface by ironing then cut the purse pattern with a clear transparent sheet over it. Sewed the zipper with lining. That's it. Just like to experiment and hope to explore the alchemy of botanical imprints The other leather purse with the prints of the flowers. Video of the printing then the purses How I love my area where I can do biking and get inspired. This is rural of Hong Kong.
Many moons ago - in what seems like another life - I followed my heart to Ireland and made leather bags, purses and wallets for about 5 years. I don't think I ever enjoyed the leather-working process, but the results were always very satisfying. My relationship with leather hasn't changed since then. I'm a textiles gal at heart, but sometimes I think something will look good made in leather... so I make it. It's a quirky, tricksy material to wrangle - and completely unforgiving if you make a mistake. I'm not a fan. However, I'm often asked for tips to make the job easier, so here goes... 1. Before you mark out your pattern placement, examine the hide and look out for scars, holes and imperfections. You have to remember that these hides were once on animals - walking around in fields (or barbed-wire-fenced paddocks, if you're in Australia) and scars are are random feature. You don't want to cut out a pattern piece, only to have a hole or other imperfection spoil it (and have no hide left to re-cut). 2. You can't pin leather, so (unless you have a clicking press and press-knives), cardboard patterns and pattern-weights are the way to go. Trace around the patterns with with a special silver pen (or ... ummm.... a plain ballpoint pen or rotary cutter, if you're as completely reckless as I am). NOTE: Garment weight leather can usually be cut easily with a sharp rotary cutter or scissors. Some people use a stanley knife and steel ruler (but I've nearly lost fingers doing that, so I can't recommend it). 3. Garment-weight leather can usually be sewn on a domestic sewing machine - as long as there is not too much bulk in the seams. It's best if you use a walking foot, wheel/roller foot or teflon presser foot on your machine. (The teflon feet below are actually from my industrial machine - I don't own a domestic version). 4. You can purchase special "leather" sewing machine needles, which will penetrate the leather more efficiently than normal machine needles and form a nice even stitch. Well worth it. 5. Use pure nylon (if you can get it) or polyester upholstery weight thread. Any cotton content in the thread can deteriorate with age. Synthetics are strong and durable (and the raw ends can be melted into the seam end to seal them). 6. Interfacing can be fused to leather if you need to add a bit of structure - use a rajah cloth to protect your iron and the leather. Cut the interfacing shorter than the seam allowances to reduce bulk. 7. Pressing seams open can be a bit tricky - garment leather generally doesn't hold a sharp crease well. Use double-sided tape to hold seams flat. (Although, try not to overdo the tape on areas that will later be stitched - it can gunk up your needle). I prefer to flat stitch seams open from the right side of fabric. ..and then trim away the excess seam allowance to reduce as much bulk as possible. 8. Once the going gets tough - lots of converging seams, uneven bulk beneath the presser foot and layers of springy leather under the needle - you may find that your machine skips stitches. Try changing to a new (sharper) needle and use a teflon presser foot rather than a walking foot (I had to change machines in order to use the teflon foot). 9. If you have one of these little plastic gadgets (they come in different shapes and sizes and have different brand names), you will see just how useful it can be at moments like this. By sliding the plastic gadget under the presser foot, you can even out the pressure on the feed dogs of the machine, which will pull the leather through. 10. I'd like to make a 10th tip, just to be neat and decimal about things.... but I'll leave this one open as a question.... Do YOU have any leatherworking tips or questions to add to these? ...So anyway, what was all this leather-sewing business about...? I was cold. I think I look just about ready to join the French Resistance... although I believe I'm a tad late.
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Happy new start to the week!!! I'm a little late this morning, but hopefully better late than never :) While I was out walking the dogs this morning, the cardinals were singing so beautifully. For me there's nothing better than seeing a cardinal fly right in front of me and then land and sit for a bit. I am always so taken by their beauty. My week is officially off to a great start! I came across this picture of a Victoria Beckum sweater in the April issue of Vogue magazine. I love anything with a lacing detail and I thought this sweater was especially pretty. Has a rather pretty price too, just a mere $1390.00!!! But with just a little tweaking, it's something we could do in a remake, so it's not totally out of the question. I really like the skirt too. So with that little bit of lacing inspiration, I decided to take a look and see what I could find. There wasn't a lot, but I thought I would go ahead and share what I found. I think I may have to recreate the top below as I thought this was so beautiful. A vintage riding skirt. A great way to cinch in a waistline. I rather like the seaming detail on the skirt as well. We've seen this before, but it is a fun way to add a little volume to the back of a garment and then tame the fullness. If you aren't particularly interested in using the pockets, this makes for an interesting detail and would work well with the center back lacing of the above sweatshirt. The lacing detail gives a white shirt a little more shape and interest. The pants are a little over the top, but I must confess that I really do like them. There would be no kneeling in these pants!!! I think that what I might do is run the lacing to the hem, but tie them so that the tie ends are tied at the thigh rather than the ankle. A little lacing detail on the cuff of a jacket. And finally, add a little rugged detail to a top with the laced leather yoke. As I said, not a lot of inspiration today, but think about it this way, if you have a seam, you can lace it together. Might be fun!!! Hope your week is off to a great start. May a cardinal fly across your path :) Rhonda
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