When Will My Jacket Get Here

How much leather needed to make a jacket?

Q: How much leather [is] needed to make a jacket?As others mentioned, style, size and type of hide all matter.If the jacket is long, it’ll obviously take more. A traditional working western jacket for men might take 35 sq feet provided the hide is cow. Here is a photo of a jacket we used to make, style 11150 (worn by a woman):If you cut this from pig, it could take 40 sqft because the hides are smaller. If cut from lamb (real lamb, not “lamb”), it could easily be 50. Deerskin could be close to the same depending on how the hide was harvested but elk would be a little better, maybe 45 sqft.Another example; this woman’s jacket, style 21245, size M (now a small) would take about 20 sqft if cut in cow. If pig, it might take 22 or so (this is what we used). If you used lamb or goat, it could be about 25.I should also say that these patterns are broken up specifically for the type of hide they were intended to be made of. Lamb jackets require more piecing to use the skins more efficiently. Cow hides are larger so one wouldn’t need to piece front (or back) segments into upper and lower unless the design had certain style lines in it. The particular jacket above (21245) has solid front sections but the side panels are pieced upper and lower; the fringe covers the seaming. The back is cut the same except it also has a finished (not over laid) stylized one point yoke.I made these patterns about 25 years ago; the company went under in the late 90’s and I ended up with these. Still have them hanging on a rack; can’t bear to throw them away, keep hoping someone will want them or they’ll come back in style.

Will the top writers in 2018 get a Top Writer jacket or any other thing?

When I was declared a Top Writer, I received a message from Jonathan Brill about it. The message looked like this.As you can see, it says that the Top Writers of 2018 will receive a One Year Subscription to New York Times.I am a first time TW but from what I have read on Quora, the older TWs were given different gifts each time. Last year, it was a jacket. Maybe they'll bring it back on the future or give away something else.

How can I get the smell out of my Canada Goose jacket? It has a sort of musky wet dog smell on the jacket and the coyote fur trim.

It sounds like you got it very wet at some time as the feathers and the fur both are giving of odours. Check the care label to see if you can first wash this garment. If so follow the instructions and wash it. If not just start here.In order to dry the feathers you will need a tumble drier on a low setting for quite a few hours. Keep checking on it because the tumbling action which is intended to break up the feathers (or down) within their pockets to allow them to dry out. If you have any buttons or trim that may not stand up to this process then cover them with foil or remove them. It may help putting a couple of clean tennis balls in the tumbler, this allows the balls to bounce around helping to break up the feather /down clumps allowing them to dry out better.Once its fully dry if washed it should smell nice, if you cant wash it there may well be some odour but much less. So leave it to air on a hanger now and then spray on a fabric freshener.I would not have it dry cleaner as its damp and the solvents would not mix with the moisture in the jacket possibly causing shrinkage and ring marks.

How do I determine my jacket size?

Get a measuring tape and measure yourself around the biggest part of your chest.Also get a jacket that fits you well and that is a good length, and measure the length of it from the nape of your neck to the back hem.Compare those two measurements to the measurements provided for different sizes of the jacket. Take into account whether you are likely to wear thick sweaters or fleece underneath, in which case you may want to order up a size. For coats or jackets I would always order up, not down, if I seemed to be between sizes.Good luck.

Is it safe to dry clean leather jackets? Why or why not?

The short answer for this is yes, it is safe to bring a leather jacket to a dry cleaner.I currently work as a dry cleaner and the policy for the store I work at is to send out goods containing real leather to be cleaned at another cleaners that has the capability to do so (as our store is small). If it's something like a leather coat, jacket, purse, boots, or other item, the customer is informed of how long the item will take and how much it'll cost (I don't have all the prices memorized since I rarely view them, but a short leather jacket costs $44.50 in USD), then we inspect the item for damage and stains as normal. The invoice for the item is placed in a log book and the item itself is hung on a rail in the storage area of our store to be picked up with other outgoing items.If the item is, for example, a pair of denim jeans with a leather patch (such as Levi's where there's a logo on the back right at the belt line) we simply put it in the dry cleaning machine as normal. Over time the leather patch will get dried out, but that's only the case when it's a decal or decoration that doesn't warrant anything special.Ah yes, and if it's a zip-off fur trim from a coat, it's simply removed and hung up by itself (not cleaned) and reunited with its coat afterwards.I hope this helps! My point with all the extra info was each item requires different processes for cleaning, but the best way to care for them is to bring it to the experts. As long as you bring it to a reputable dry cleaner, they'll know what to do. As always, you can phone and ask them questions if you're not sure! Or simply bringing the item into the store and showing them in person, if you want.