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Hello everyone. I am working with a customer who would like some embroidery done on a leather jacket. They have picked a design out of the dakota book, but would like me to downsize the design from 3" x 1.79", to 2" x ?. I have had some success with downsizing and removing some of the density in designs before, but because this is going to be applied to a leather jacket, I am worried about the density making a cut out in the fabric. I have not worked with leather very much. Are there some guidelines regarding density I should stick to for working on leather? The dakota design number is WH1012, a semi cab without a trailer. Any advice is very much appreciated. Thanks.
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I have not sewn on any leather yet but I had our salesman Mark run some samples before we bought our machine. He mentioned loosing some density and to use a titanium needle with a very heavy backing almost a canvas type material. All really turned out great.I had bought 1/2 hide of 4 oz.? weight leather. Plenty to practice on for sure.I bought the leather at a Tandy store.
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I personally won't sew directly onto a leather jacket. I work with another person who makes leather jackets and I send her the patches needed. She then sews the patch onto a piece of leather and then sews the leather to the jacket.Comment
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