Shearling is lamb leather or suede with the wool still attached. It comes in a variety of colors, lengths and finishes.
This is a shearling coat I just finished for my husband. It is a very dark brown/black suede with a bit of a distressed finish. The wool is short, tightly curled and is called snowy top. The underneath is a dark brown and the top is cream colored. I used Neue Mode pattern 23090 with lapped seam construction. All of the seams are double topstitched with Gutermann topstitching thread. The buttons are horn buttons. I made bound buttonholes and stitched a patch of the shaved suede to the wrong side to finish them off.
The Academy of fine Sewing & Design www.finesewing.com is offering a Shearling Jacket workshop November 12-16, 2008.
5 comments:
Wow, that is a beautiful jacket. Your husband must be thrilled.
Louise
What a beautiful jacket. That is absoulutely fabulous!
Nice work as usual Kath!
Just browsing - nice to see someone working with leather. Where do you order your leathers from? I can find only a limited selection of colors and finishes.
My Sewing Leather CD has suppliers in both Canada and the US. You can order the CD by phoning The Academy 416-494-8529. I purchase quite a few skins from Perfect Leather in Toronto.
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