I like the imperfections in the leather pieces below.
Wooh! We went to the Fabric District over last weekend and I must say I pulled together a great haul. My second semester classes include a Shoe Making Class and Intermediate Sewing so I needed to gather some materials for my first few projects. Some of the scrap leather is for some moccasins and some fabric is going towards a collared shirt. You may have seen a preview of the collared shirt I'm making on my Instagram. First off we went to Sav-Mor Leather, a hole in the wall leather and supply business on a creepy street under a bridge. At first I thought the store was closed and we were extremely hesitant to walk into the place but I mustered up the courage to open the door and walk through a room full of boxes of leather and into the back where it was leather heaven. Damn, I must say I was extremely overwhelmed because I have never bought leather before and I had no clue what kind of leather I needed for my class. But after watching a few people rummage through massive scrap boxes, I dug right in and started pulling things out that I thought were neat finds. Also, I had no idea how they priced their items. There were signs on the wall that stated "Our prices depend on how you treat the Leather." Now ,WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT MEAN?! Haha well it really didn't matter because wow my scraps were sooooo CHEAP! See that pile of leather I bought? It was all $6.15! Now that is some good stuff. I expected all of it to at least be twenty dollars. Well I was pleasantly surprised. :) Then we wandered through the fabric district and I bought those cute laces and powder blue chiffon from the Michael Levine Loft. But yes, a very successful day. I cannot wait to go back for more materials, hopefully someday soon.
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