You had a tear in your nice leather jacket?
It is often difficult to part with your favorite torn item of clothing, especially if it is made of leather.
Do not panic ! No need to throw away your garment or leave it in the closet.
Fortunately, a seamstress friend gave me a clever solution to repair leather clothes yourself.
Just use self-adhesive (or iron-on) strips to repair a damaged leather jacket. Look, it's quite simple:
1. Turn the garment inside out.
2. Cut the self-adhesive strip according to the size of the tear.
The piece of self-adhesive tape must not be too large (otherwise you will feel it and it is quite embarrassing), but not too small either, so that it can cover a little more than the torn part.
3. Gather the two torn sides.
4. Affix the self-adhesive strip to it.
5. Once the self-adhesive strip has been applied to the garment, find a fabric that is neither too thin nor too thick to put over it.
6. Cover the entire part of the garment where the tear is located.
7. Iron everything with a hot iron, being careful not to touch the leather garment.
8. Go over it several times to be sure that the tape sticks well to the torn garment.
And here you go with this cheap combination, you can put your clothes back on again :-)
It's easy to fix a jacket or a jacket, isn't it? No need to be an experienced seamstress! It's very easy to do, even for sewing beginners.
And it works for jacket, pants, skirt or coat.
You can find these iron-on strips in a haberdashery, in a supermarket or here on the Internet.
Leather is an expensive material. If we have the misfortune to have torn one of his leather clothes, we will do everything to repair it. But it's not easy to find the right person without breaking the bank.
A shoemaker or even a tanner would do the trick, but at what cost?
Self-adhesive strips are sold for less than 5 € in stores, and it is very easy to find them.
This saves you the cost of an expensive repair and the purchase of leather clothing, which is also quite expensive.
The iron-on strips are reusable for other torn garments whose material is difficult to sew, such as linen for example.
