Working with luxury fabrics

In my first week of work placement I learned a number of things when working with the luxury fabrics.

Cutting leather

• There is no grain line on leather, which means you can cut anywhere on the material.

• Do not pin the pattern on leather, it leaves marks. To minimize the damage chalk the pattern pieces on to the leather piece.

• Avoid any damaged or creased areas on the leather. Customers don’t like it, and they tend to return the item as damaged, used or old.

• Notches should be no more then 2mm.