Learn How To Professionally Sew Leather With Industrial Sewing Machines

This is a 2-day course:

• DAY 1 - 2 29th Apr 2024 (10am-4pm)
• D AY 2 - 2 30th Apr 2024 (10am-4pm)

This is a mostly practical one to two tuition during which you will be taught the essential skills of sewing leather with and industrial sewing machine and the basic, most popular construction techniques used in bag and accessory making.

Through the lesson you will also receive some basic training on how to mark, cut and glue leather as well as how to construct common bag features.

At the end of the tuition, you will have gained confidence in sewing leather with industrial sewing machines and have the skills to realise some simple items independently.

You will learn how to troubleshoot sewing problems and how to manage challenges such as curves, multiple layers of leather, stretchy/rough/slippery surfaces and more.

You will learn how to sew basic components of a bag such us some types of simple zips, straps and gussets.

You will produce your own samples of work to take home with you.

As this is a one to two tuition, the experience will be customised to your ability and previous experience.

Below is a list of topics covered during the classes:

• Industrial machines: differences and main features
• To choose the right sewing machine for a specific type of material or construction
• To operate a lock stitch walking foot machine
• To thread industrial sewing machines
• To understand how to obtain the correct tension in your sewing
• To use various tools and equipment in your sewing
• To understand thread types and needle sizes
• To learn how to correctly sew leather and how this differs from sewing other materials
• Sewing thin vs thick leather
• To learn how to sew straight lines, curves and parallel lines
• To produce a range of basic seams, seam finishes, construction, continuous and reinforced seams
• To handle sewing multiple layers of leather
• Learn how to sew and finish a simple zip on leather
• Learn how to cut, assemble and sew simple straps and handles
• How to incorporate two types of lining in your project
• How to mark, cut and glue leather

We will always try to cover as much on the syllabus as possible and depending on your ability and previous experience, we might not be able to complete the program or we might instead be able to teach you additional techniques.

This course is suitable for total beginners, beginners with some previous basic machine sewing experience and intermediate sewers (either using industrial or domestic machines). You should be able to use measurements and understand verbal and written English instructions.

Materials are included.