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Faux leather pouches

April 13, 2016 Leave a Comment

Do you know what fabric is this?
It’s a laser cut faux leather, a very fine and stretch material, used in the garment industry.

I knew that it’s not strong enough for using in bags, but I thought that it’s lovely to see the cut away motifs highlighted by the bright color of the fabric used underneath, so I bought it.

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Three years later, I thought it’s time to make a pouch or two!
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So here are my new pouches (made with my new pattern).

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For sewing faux leather I successfully use the walking foot, but this fabric is fine and stretches a lot, I made a few creases while stitching the 2 seams required by this pattern -stitching done on the right side of the fabric (if you have the pattern, you know what I mean!).

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Fortunately, the next step of the pattern hides the small imperfections, so that I ended up with almost “perfect” pouches.

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I wanted to show you that it’s OK if your stitching is not perfect. So I made other two pouches (the same thin and difficult material, only without the cut away motifs); as you can see, the stitching is not perfect, but on the other pouches, it was worse, much worse.

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The pattern is really great for “difficult” fabrics!

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If you are not happy with the way your machine sews faux leather, here are a few tips:

– use the walking foot
– use Jeans needles
– use good thread
– lengthen the stitch

And use an easy pattern, like this pouch pattern. 

Happy sewing,
Geta

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