#leather sewing

In this post I show you how to sew leather at home on a normal sewing machine. Are you eager to create beautiful and original accessories from natural leather, but you don’t have access to an expensive specialized sewing machine? you may think can you sew leather with a regular sewing machine? Don’t worry; I’ve got some tips and tricks that will help you sew leather on a regular sewing machine.…

#FallforCostume Day 9: Details

It's probably obvious, but I am an absolute detail nerd! Crafting and stitching fine details is one of my favorite things in costuming and I love embellishing my cosplays. I get really excited about details and will gush over them on other cosplayer's projects and on film/tv and theater costumes 🤩

Game of Thrones costumes were made and worn by my brother and I, all other projects made by me.

GoT costume photos by YGKPhotos

Kíli's gear - Next project

Ready for the next part of the bandolier, going over the shoulder. Fortunately that is a bit shorter… . Btw… I love the crafting chaos on my table.

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Watch me make this pattern right on the leather! Just posted it hear and in Leather Workers Tips Tricks and Show you Work on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/508249142996856/

Leather quilting/cutting tutorial for my Arya leather skirt panels!

1. I started by quilting the leather with a backing of taupe duck canvas. It’s grid of about 1.5” regular squares with single lines of stitching. I didn’t take a picture at this stage for the skirts, though, so you’re seeing the double quilting lines of the doublet on the sample which you can ignore. Use upholstery thread and a leather needle on your machine!

2. About an 1/8” in from the quilted square, use a fresh Xacto knife blade to carefully cut a slit in the leather (but not through the canvas) on each side, leaving about 1/8” uncut gap at each corner. You will develop a feel for cutting through one layer but not both, and it’s important to change your blade right when it starts to feel a little dull. I went through about 4-6 blades per panel.

3. Cut 1/4” notches at a 45 degree angle at the corners of each slit (marked in blue). Make sure to cut all the way to the slit so the corner is free to curl up.

Kíli's gear - Next project - Baldric

Octagon-armor-bit number 3 in place… (...er... number one out of sight at the right margin of the pictures.)

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Kíli's gear - Next project - Baldric

The second part is done and the octagon-armor-bit, decorating Kíli's chest is in its place. I'm quite happy with the result.

Thank you milesofkeeffe for your compliment, means a lot to me. It is indeed a matter of patience and a lot of work, but I simply love doing it (just for Kíli). Like woolabumboomalackaway mentioned to my last post, it is a bit like meditation. And I learned so much about working with all these materials. And that's the real award of it. And for the blue on the baldric (thank you for that term!), it is, indeed there. The Weta book about the costumes showed it, but what helped most for the details are the amazing pictures of et-excrucior's costume trail. Can't thank her enough for posting these pictures. The blue is clearly visible there. Though, in the movie most colors were a bit dulled due to the scenery.

Thank you for all your notes.