Fashion Leather Leg Harness. It Started As a Joke

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Fashion Leather Leg Harness. It Started As a Joke

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Overview and concept. When I tell people im a artist. They act like it all celebrity blah blah blah. Its really tough. Think about trying to invent or revent something that we use everyday. When you hear designer you think rich livimng in Miami. No Maths as some say. When I was younger I harted math. The numbers chaged to missing letters to symbols. Yikes. Everyone one say oh you better learn math you need it everyday in every job. They were right is all ill say. I changed my life style. I let all my baggage go! I recycled everything. I felt so lite and free. Nothing is holding me back. So Here I was traveling around the world with no bags. The artist in me wore all black simple and easy. I wanted a way to go from day to night in all circles. As a joke to people who asked. I said it was a wake up call to everyone still confined to waste poor labor and over priced celebrity. so I started designing leather goods. I wanted some to make a statement and allow me to express my self. People had strong feelings all of a sudden. As a joke Id say this is my armor it protects me from others. I am excited to share this with you.

Patteren Making

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It took me a while define a shape hardwere and fit. I had to break the leather in to move with my movments. It was also heavy and a lot of strain caused traps to break. I made a mlot of fixes. I was going for leg armor but it was to strange. So many looks. If you do this right It will inspaire you trust me. So oneday as I was walking in a store with a wall of mirrors. I got a look at my design in action. The way it moves as you more makes a deep impact. I was so proud of myself. It was something Ive never seen before. Look at me standing up for myself and what i belive in. Bewere you will get a lot of attention from everyone even kids. If you need to adjust the fit adding or subtracking with help you out. I made the diagram and patteren super easy to edit.

Fill in the chart. Add your measurments to the patteren draw the new contouring lines for your fit. This way the contours will translate in any size. Its like the sisterhood of the traveling pants.

Remember to take your measurement and divide by 4 if ajusting size.

Add/subtrack from the middle halfs to shorten or lengthen.

I went for a fashion look. My friend says shorten hers and added lacing down the back.

As for kids i would reduce it by 50 percent.

Please test baper patteren for fit before.

Build

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Remember to cut 2 per leg.

Connect top to bottom.

cut out in paper to check size.

Connect the Knee to the A patteren piece.

Super easy to assamble.

I spaced 4 elastic bands to connect the back. My sd card crashed.

I made a buckle to conect to a waist belt.

I spent countless hours to mold the leather.