A detailed article on how to sew a leather coverall for a dog with your own hands.
Our beloved four-legged friends needclothes no less than you and I. Clothes for your pets can be bought in a store, sewn yourself or even knitted. To do this, you need patterns and material for sewing clothes for your pet. In this article, we will talk about quite original clothes for dogs made of leather.
First, we will talk about the benefits of leathernatural. It is characterized by such qualities as plasticity, it is viscous, flexible and at the same time dense, Natural leather clothing perfectly passes air and has a significant quality - sweat absorption. For sewing clothes for dogs, both natural and artificial leather are used. Sewing from natural leather is difficult. But if you want to dress up your pet stylishly and fashionably, then you will have to try. When buying things made of natural leather, you need to know and be able to distinguish it from a fake. In practice, this is quite difficult to do, since leather substitutes now do not differ in smell. But how to distinguish natural leather from a fake? We offer some advice: 1. carefully examine the seams. If at least one thread sticks out, you have an analogue of leather in front of you. 2. drip water on the canvas, as a result of which everything will be absorbed into the leather and darken, and in the fake it will remain unchanged. 3. check with a lighter. Bring fire to the product: nothing will happen to the leather, everything will melt on the analogue. 4. Take it in your hand and hold it: the leather will warm up, but not the goat. 5. Press your finger on the product: the leather will restore its surface evenly and smoothly. 6. Bend it several times in one place: the leather color will not change and there will be no traces of dents. 7. The inner side of genuine leather is like velvet to the touch. 8. The leather stretches like rubber. We hope that these few recommendations will help when you choose the material for your own handicrafts. But it is up to you to decide what to make clothes for dogs from. The picture shows a jumpsuit made of artificial patent leather.
Sewing a leather jumpsuit for your dog is quite simple. It is important to take measurements correctly.
Namely, you need to measure:
- length of the dog,
- height on paws
- girth under the front paws.
Depending on the model of the jumpsuit, you need to make a pattern in advance. For example, a jumpsuit with sleeves and a hood is made according to a pattern like this
Here is an interesting sleeveless model
After constructing the pattern, start sewing.leather overalls for your dog. The paper pattern needs to be cut out and applied to the leather fabric, traced taking into account the seam allowance. Then carefully cut out and sew.
You can choose a spectacular zipper as a fastener and additionally sew a cap-shoe for your pet from the same leather. It will look very stylish and now you can safely go for a walk!
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