I've been thinking about the MA+ arm warmers for some time now after the Mens Style video with Nathalie from L'Eclaireur wearing them.
Simple and elegant, they wouldn't be too difficult to replicate after a little playing around using some muslin first.
Combined with that, I've fallen in love with what many other leatherworkers have deemed a junk leather component:
This is ostrich leg leather and the texture and look of it is just plain lovely. Current plan is to integrate this into the inner forearm/lower palm part of the leather arm warmers to be constructed. Not too overt but you'll see flashes of it when worn and you move your hands/arms.
The project should take about an afternoon. The only unfortunate thing is that the whole thing will have to be stitched by hand since I don't own an industrial strength sewing machine (a $75 Singer can only do so much....).
After this week of exams, I'll play around with some fabrics and gets some ideas simmering!
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