Leather gloves are unique and have been worn for centuries for various reasons. They protect against burn, abrasion, and cold. They also serve as sports and fashion accessories. Knowing how to make leather gloves yourself will save you money and help you make the one to fit properly.
Making leather gloves may take some time because it’s quite a long process. It requires carefulness and paying attention to details. However, the result is usually worth it as you’ll have quality leather gloves made by you, just the way you want them.
The Process of Making Leather Gloves
The making process involves pattern making to get the right size, selecting and preparing the right leather material to prevent peeling issues, cutting the glove, sewing and finishing. These steps are necessary because getting each step correct will help you make the perfect leather gloves.
Materials and tools for making leather gloves
It is necessary to gather everything you need for making gloves before you begin. Because it’ll help you make the process easier and faster. Here you find the supplies and tools necessary for making leather gloves including:
- Paper or thin cardboard
- Leather needle
- Pencil
- Leather material
- Waxed thread
- Craft knife or razor blade
- Scissors
- Tailor’s chalk
- Ruler
Making a Pattern
Pattern making is the first important step in making leather gloves. Whether you want to know how to make leather driving gloves, or how to make leather motorcycle gloves, learning the process of pattern-making is vital. Here are the steps involved in making a pattern:
Step One
Place one of your hands flat on a piece of paper and draw around it. Begin from one side of your wrist and end at the other. Then, draw a dot at the base of each finger and draw parallel lines to connect the dots with a ruler.
Add an extra length of about 5 cm to each side of the pattern. Make the lines slope out close to the wrist beside the outer part of your hand. Your outline and free leather glove pattern are ready at this point.
Step Two
Fold the pattern paper into two along the outer ends of the index finger. With the fold still in place, cut out two layers of the outline by cutting around it. Also, cut out the already sketched finger slits, ensuring that the slits of the pattern in the front are a bit shorter than the one at the back.
Mark the thumb joint’s position on the back pattern. Draw an oval shape and cut it out to show the thumb hole in the middle of the pattern.
Step Three
Next is to make a pattern for the thumb by getting a piece of paper and folding it into two around your thumb. Then, draw around the outer part of your thumb. Cut it out, try placing it on the thumb hole in the back pattern and make sure it almost fits the hole properly.
Step Four
Create the pattern for the other fingers. To do this, get a piece of paper, fold it and make sure that the fold is resting on the webs between the fingers.
Place it between your hand’s middle and index finger and cut out the pattern. Do it two more times to ha