As thick leathers are stitched on top of each other rather than through conventional seams, a much tighter baste-method is needed to keep the seams from drifting apart under the pressure of the machine-foot, for which I opted to apply separate lines of top stitching on both pieces and use an extra strong yarn to tensely hook those together on the inner side of the seam, and re-use the same holes to stitch both layers secure.
Next to save a bit on resources, purposefully cutting the pieces close to the hide‘s edges also resulted in parts of different granularity being joined together, showing the richness of the material.
I think leather is really practical because of it’s stiffnes. You don’t need bowning and it still beholds the form when you are making corsett-like things.
That’s the idea ^_^
The lack of bowning also allows for its battlesuit-like flexibility while still being so tight.