Embellish your Leather Jacket with Embroidery
Selecting right designs and placing accurately the thread art over Leather Jacket is the main hardship that a designer has to go through to have the best of the embroidery Leather Jackets. Embroidery is the art or handicraft of decorating fabric or other material with needle and thread or yarn. Leather is more sensitive to over-tightening of the hoop than other fabrics. It is mainly utilized by the person who loves embroidery apparel. Some of the tricks to work on embroidery who desired for their Leather Jackets are
- Remove the stitches between the lining and the jacket front, so you have to access for the embroidery. Roll and pin the lining out of the way to avoid catching it in the stitching.
- Embroidery motifs stitched on any leather or suede should be fairly open, as dense stitching may damage and distort the soft skins. Look for designs with light fill or simply texture fills, often designed for use on fleece.
- Test-stitch the designs on scraps of similar leather to be sure they’re appropriate for the jacket skin weight. Use a cut-away stabilizer with temporary spray adhesive to avoid hooping the suede. If possible, slow the machine speed.
- Don’t use a leather needle for embroidery, as it may cause unsightly holes in the design area with every needle penetration. On most leathers and suede’s a titanium needle works well, on others a topstitching or embroidery needle may suffice.
- Print full-size templates of your designs and plan a random or regular arrangement on the jacket fronts. Avoid having designs cross seams as the added bulk may distort the stitching. Mark the locations using removable tape, rather than drawing on the leather.
- After embroidery, trim away the stabilizer around the designs.
- Test foil on the garment hem area to see what method works best for the surface texture of the leather. Decide if you want to foil under the embroidery and if so, complete that process before stitching the designs. Otherwise, plan for adjacent foiled areas after stitching is complete. The rough texture of the suede doesn’t allow for well-defined foiled edges like on a flat-surface fabric, so keep that in mind when determining accent shapes.
- Add metallic iron-on to accent the embroidery motifs and collar points for added pizzazz. So this makes a Leather Jacket more appealing with its pretentious creation.