Which Weight Of Suede For Jacket

[Cowboymade]

I searched for awhile but couldn't find an answer so here's my question. I'm going to attempt my first jacket. If you have seen the movie, Desperado, remake of El Mariachi. Antonio Banderas wears a basic dark brown suede jacket loosely based on the Mariachis jacket of today. I checked Tandy and I believe that was a 4 oz suede leather. There web site will say 2 to 3.5 oz for garment leather. Zack White has that weight priced much less and the quality is usually way better than Tandy. So, if you've had experience with a 2 to 3.5 oz. weight suede leather used as a jacket or similar application please let me know your thoughts. Much obliged to ya.

[Luke Hatley]

one of the main things to consider is, make sure the lining is a strong material,

the lining will be the strength in that jacket.

[Sylvia]

That is a pretty ambitious project.

I found a link to the jacket here. http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/6321630

I would probably use the 3.5 oz but before I even cut that out I would make the jacket out of canvas so you can get familiar with the construction techniques. Making darts can be a challenge and to make matters worse patterns measurements of the patterns don't always fit correctly. If you make the prototype from canvas you'll be better able to know what kind of adjustments you will need to make it fit and be prepared for sewing the suede.

I would love to see how it turns out.

I searched for awhile but couldn't find an answer so here's my question. I'm going to attempt my first jacket. If you have seen the movie, Desperado, remake of El Mariachi. Antonio Banderas wears a basic dark brown suede jacket loosely based on the Mariachis jacket of today. I checked Tandy and I believe that was a 4 oz suede leather. There web site will say 2 to 3.5 oz for garment leather. Zack White has that weight priced much less and the quality is usually way better than Tandy. So, if you've had experience with a 2 to 3.5 oz. weight suede leather used as a jacket or similar application please let me know your thoughts. Much obliged to ya.