Day 76-jabot goes leather

Tonight I have tried out the jabot with leather, I love the two colours of leather together, as well as the idea of using such a sturdy fabric as a frill (a real contrast of technique vs fabrication).
It was tough work trying to sew through 3 layers of leather and two layers of fabric... i snapped one needle and the machine kept skipping stitches!! I think i needed a shoemakers leather machine for this!!
one or two layers of soft leather seems to work fine on the domestic but more than that and its a nightmare.
Ive never mastered leather on the industrial either, ive tried various leather needles, and thick threads, and wax coated threads etc etc, none seemed to work...any advice??
Anyways it still worked out in the end... see below

 fabric from a vintage scarf finishes the top and combines the two leather colours

modern leather jabot in boho autumn colours

or wear it lady gaga style...

craft out

xxoo

Day 71-leather butterfly wing

Today I spent most of the day in the garden ripping out weeds, I was in a foul mood and the weeds were on the receiving end of my anger! I find the garden very therapeutic and I always try my best to devote my anger at gardening and housework (I figure at least the energy gets put to good use).
Tonight I have cut out a leather butterfly wing, at first I sketched a butterfly wing onto paper, cut this out, and then stuck the stencil directly onto the leather with masking tape (that way when i was using the stanley knife or scissors the leather did not move around). see pics below...
Well I am off to bed, I need an early night as I have a stall at melbourne's camberwell markets tomorrow (not for craft creations just getting rid of excess clothes, household goods, books etc) I love a good trash and treasure market and its always fun having a stall. I will let you know how it goes tomorrow.
Cheers
xxoo

drawing and cutting

pretty

attach stencil directly onto leather with masking tape to hold it in place whilst cutting

slowly slowly cutting, some with a stencil knife and some with scissors 

pretty, i like it just like this...half text on paper and half leather...

skin on skin

more skin

with chain

or you could make it into a cuff??

craft out

xxoo