Kasia's Leather School is created to teach you everything you need to know how to sew leather garments to the Fashion Industry standards. The Channel is dedicated to Fashion Designers, sewing tutors and fashion design students who want to gain knowledge about leather as a fashion material and the right use of it in garment construction to approach your design projects with ease and fun. Thanks to Kasia's knowledge, she could compress nearly 30 years of her expertise as a fashion leather tailoress and a teacher into this easy to follow, interesting to watch step-by-step video tutorials.
"Created with love for my students and driven to leave a legacy for future generations, I want to pass all my knowledge into your hands. Please enjoy and have fun learning." Kasia xxx.
Hi. Yes, in most garments, you will need to put lining in . There are skins that are specifically treated and have nice fish on both sides of the skin, and then you could skip the lining .
It depends strongly on the brand and strength of the machine . This particular Janome won't take anything heavier than soft napa. Old Bernina probably could do it. To be honest, house machines are good for lightweight leather and small projects . For thick and rigid leather, it is better to use a professional/individual walking foot machine. That is what I am using on the rest of my videos.
Hi Kasia! Very interesting video and useful info. Could you please suggest me what type of thread ( nylon, poly...), its thickness, and the length of the stitch both for sewing parts together and for top stitch? Thank you very much for you precious help.
I'm aiming to achieve a clean, consistent stitch with visible spacing, similar to the iconic stitching on Hermes bags. I'm torn between purchasing an industrial walking foot machine or a heavy-duty domestic sewing machine with a walking foot attachment. IS there a big difference in quality please?
Hi. It depends if you will sew on a regular basis. It's worth investing in an industrial walking foot machine (all my other videos I use industrial). For bag making, I would suggest a free arm leather machine. If you are just playing with ideas, then heavy-duty domestic will do the job depending on the thickness of leather . I must say that my experience and expertise are in leather garment construction, not in bag making, and that are two different fields of working with leather.
Unfortunately, I wouldn't recommend it. It might straggle. For thick leather, I would recommend walking foot industrial machine. On my videos (apart of domestic machine video) I used only walking foot machine.
You need to try. All home /domestic machines are very delicate and often not strong enough for leather big projects. A lot also depends on leather thickness and how soft it is.
Kasia, I just wanted to drop a quick THANK YOU for this video! Very helpful (as all your videos are!), and your clear presentation just makes these very enjoyable to view, and very informative. And, I must admit, you have a lovely voice! Anyway, thank you again, and Happy Holidays!
Stitch length depends on the thickness of leather and your preference of design, as all top stitching is a fashion feature . Tension needs to be adjusted in relation to thread thickness you will use. Always set your machine on the scrap of the leather you are going to use.
This is an industrial walking foot machine . So foot is already part of the machine. But if you use a domestic machine, you can use quilting walking foot.
By far the best leather channel I’ve found. Informative, quick to the point, and covers many techniques in one video. Thank you so very much for taking the time to share your knowledge with us!
Thank you for this! I was gifted a ton of leather and my husband wants a leather vest for Christmas 😅I haven’t seen in 20 years. I’m praying my great grandmothers singer will work after so many years.
An incredibly helpful and informative video, thank you so much for sharing. I am going to attempt to reupholster my sofa. This gives me much confidence. ❤
Thanks for your comment. I must advise you not to sew upholstery leather on a domestic machine( only if your manual for your machine says so) it will destroy your machine and leather. Home sewing machines can only take up soft lightweight leather for little projects. I would advise using a heavy-duty walking foot machine. In the rest of my videos, I use a professional industrial walking foot machine.
Thanks for your comment. I didn't plan on video with full marketing of the jeans as I posted videos with the most difficult parts of the construction of the jeans. Thank you for asking though, now I will consider making one in the future.
First - compliment: love ur voice, and your manner of instruction. Second - criticism: most (problematically) separating zippers are not due to the slider but instead are due to starter box/insertion pin failure. For anyone wondering, these are the two pieces on either side of the bottom that are prevent the teeth from being able to be pulled apart just as quickly as they were joined together. Internet advertising (ebay, Google, Amazon, etc) will try and sell you a kit to press on new ones; they are pretty much imaginary, IF you put it on just right it might last a week. A complete zipper transplant will be the only real solution.
Thank you for your compliment. Unfortunately, I do not fully agree with your opinion, is not always a case of starting up the zipper. Separation of the teeth mostly happens when the puller is too loose so it is a case of charging the puller or sometimes a bit of squeeze with players will be enough. But which technique to use comes with experience. I am a leather tailoress for over 30 years I think I know a few things by now 😉
Thank you for this video, I received a very nice pair of leather trousers for Christmas but I need to take in the thigh area and haven't sewn on leather before and this video took a lot of fear out of the task!
