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Posted by Cheryl on August 24, 2006, 10:06 pm
I'm making a blouse and I'm appliqueing some lambskin decorative
accents to the corners of the collar and cuffs. The lambskin is sewen
into the seam allowance. When I turn the collar, and later the cuffs,
I want a nice crisp edge. I don't want to put too much heat on the
lambskin - it seems a bit delicate to me. This is my first experience
with lambskin. Does anyone have experience and some advice for me?
Cheryl
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Posted by cea on August 25, 2006, 12:33 pm
Cheryl wrote:
> I'm making a blouse and I'm appliqueing some lambskin decorative
> accents to the corners of the collar and cuffs. The lambskin is sewen
> into the seam allowance. When I turn the collar, and later the cuffs,
> I want a nice crisp edge. I don't want to put too much heat on the
> lambskin - it seems a bit delicate to me. This is my first experience
> with lambskin. Does anyone have experience and some advice for me?
> Cheryl
---
Cherly, I don't think you want to use any type of heated iron on
leather, and definitely not any steam.
Try using a flat piece of wood, combined with pressure. You might
experiment with a scrap. When I used to sew/hem leather, I'd often use
the accepted practice of setting the hem with glue. It's possible that
you might use a small bit of glue along collar and cuff edges, turn
garment to right side, topstitch if needed, then either finger-press,
or use a wood press--like a clapper, to gently set and flatten the
leather.
I'll dig to see if I have any further info in my files.
Cea
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Posted by cea on August 25, 2006, 1:14 pm
Cheryl wrote:
> I'm making a blouse and I'm appliqueing some lambskin decorative
> accents to the corners of the collar and cuffs. The lambskin is sewen
> into the seam allowance. When I turn the collar, and later the cuffs,
> I want a nice crisp edge. I don't want to put too much heat on the
> lambskin - it seems a bit delicate to me. This is my first experience
> with lambskin. Does anyone have experience and some advice for me?
> Cheryl
---
Can't lay hands on my little book on leather, but the following is
from a booklet I bought from Tandy leather Co.:
Use genuine rubber cement, which stays flexible, doesn't dry
out.crack/peel.
Open seams after sewing, glue both sides down with rubber cement,
then pound seams flat with a rawhide mallet. < here I'll insert that I
would _not_ pound on lambskin---use pressure only> then lift seams up
again, this makes them fall into place again, but with "less tension."
I haven't tried to access Tandy online, but you might:
www.tandyleather.com
HTH, still searching for my leather book. Moral of this is: if things
have been in one place for 25 years, DO NOT move them. < insert
hair-pulling here>
ea
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