Footstool made from motorcycle leathers.

Motorcycle Upcycle

These leathers came to us in this condition after their owner had a significant crash at the track. They were certainly beyond repair, so his friends decided to chip in and surprise him with a gift to aid in his recovery. At least now he can put his feet up and recover in style.It was[…]

Custom stools made from recycled leather.

Moto Zooma’s

We were thrilled to be asked to make some furniture for the funky Moto Zoooma’s Espresso Bar in Bowen Hills. What better place to enjoy a great coffee than one that is surrounded by Ducati motorcycles at Eurotwin. The stools are made from various pieces of slightly scuffed motorcycle leathers to suit the theme of[…]

Custom made oil drum furniture, designed for Northstar Yamaha.

Oil Drum Furniture

Oil drum furniture is the ultimate petrolhead/mancave interior design item and we’ve been looking for an excuse to make some for ages; so when Northstar Yamaha asked for some for their new showroom at Northlakes, we jumped at the chance. The seats feature a recycled patchwork leather top with the Yamaha tuning fork logo in[…]

Custom Suit Cube made from recycled motorcycle leathers.

Suit Cube

For all the riders out there who have motorcycle leathers that have been down the road a few too many times, this is for you. We know that there is often a lot of memories attached to those leathers and we can give them a new lease of life. We can add logos, patches or numbers[…]

RST race suit before and after. The old patches were removed and replaced with new sponsor logos.

Racesuit Overhaul

This RST leather race suit was structurally perfect but it had lived a hard life and was starting to look very tired and scuffed. We cleaned it up, did a major cosmetic overhaul, designed, sourced and added multiple sponsor patches and a custom rider logo patch in hard-wearing subsurface printed vinyl. The results speak for[…]

Before and after shot of Berik motorcycle leather repair to arm and shoulder.

Leather Repair

This Berik suit came to Stitchsmith after its owner had an unfortunate crash at the track. He is now ready to get back on the bike but the suit needed a few repairs and a little cosmetic work to make them pretty again. The kevlar was replaced with a new panel and the hole was[…]

Collage showing race leathers on the Singer machine

Leather alteration

Sometimes off the rack items fit perfectly, sometimes they do not, one option is to get items made to measure but this isn’t often the most convenient or affordable option as lead times can be long and prices can rise significantly, a pair of made to measure race leathers can be twice the price of[…]