Tan Short Pencil Genuine Leather Skirt

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Pat­tern: Vogue 8603

I manip­u­lat­ed the pat­tern. Dropped the waist, short­ened the hem and moved zip­per to the side seam.

Mate­ri­als:

Leather, Sewing machine, 9″ invis­i­ble zip­per, Glue, Heavy Fab­ric Weights

I start­ed with this Vogue Pattern.

I could­n’t imag­ine try­ing to dart leather, so I found a pat­tern that had NO darts. (Plus I love these skirts!)

I repat­terned the skirt (on poster board) to have a low­er waist­line and high­er hem.

I moved the zip­per to the side seam.

The leather was thick and I was­n’t sure if the invis­i­ble zip­per would work for this skirt. But I test­ed the zip­per on scraps and it worked and looked great!

Glue is your friend when you stitch heavy leather! CAN’T USE PINS OR BASTE 🙁

Some­times I will use office clips to keep pieces togeth­er, but ulti­mate­ly glue works the best.

Wait­ing for the glue to dry slows the process, but the results are better!

I don’t use any par­tic­u­lar glue. But I do test the glue before I use it.  I want glue that rubs off the leather after I stitch the seam. (My aunt told me that my babcha used cement glue.)

I think I shared all the tips and tricks I used in this project!  Thanks for read­ing and best of luck if you try your own leather skirt!

You can buy a skirt on my web­site Ana­gras­sia or on etsy.