#Battle jacket

[amberkendslacy]

🦇 Vampire Jacket 🦇

One of my WIPs for almost a year now (ignore my slightly shoddy hand sewing lol).

Still wanting to add more patches - If anyone has some recommendations pls put them in the comments?

Only need them to stick to the red, black & white colour scheme 😊

(I will edit post later to put links for what I already have if I can - currently on mobile)

[canineyelps]

Ideas you can put on your battle jacket/patch pants/crust pants/whatever

patches

- No ethical consumption under capitalism

- human rights aren't a matter of opinion

- make racists afraid again

- punch your local fascist

- girls just wanna have fundamental rights

- dead men cant catcall

- your body my choice my knife your life

- respect existence or expect resistance

- keep your laws off our bodies

- eat the rich

- ableism isnt punk

- no one is illegal

- we are all we really have

- fight war not wars

- we all bleed the same

- compost in training

- life is short smile while you still have teeth

- if youre not angry youre not paying attention

- dont talk to cops

- the wrong amazon is dying

- support local bands

- keep on living keep on fighting

- DIY or die

- mother earth is not for sale

- fight like hell for the living

- lick acid not boots

other stuff

- bottle tabs

- fabric scraps

- spikes/studs

- pouches

- chains

- safety pins

- staples

- lighter hoods

- screws

- bottle tops

[gaybrainfrot]

🫀 SPITE ALONE HOLDS ME ALOFT 🫀

[ineffable-mess]

On sewing, upholstery needless have really helped me. They're curved so it's easier to the the up and around motion or whatever u do when sewing.

I'm seeing a lot of people say that punk fashion is expensive and inaccessible, which is very wrong. here is a list of some ways you can make punk fashion easier, cheaper and more accessible for you, since that's... kinda the whole point.

others are encouraged to add onto this!! (just don't recommend corporations like amazon. not cool.)

1. patches!! you don't need to buy them. DIY patches are not ugly or boring. in fact, they are encouraged here!! DIY, in my opinion, is always the best thing to do when it is an option and is safe to do so.

2. speaking of DIY, spikes!! you can make them!!

cut the top and bottom off of an empty can. cut down the middle of the cylinder and flatten it, so it's just a flat rectangle of metal.

cut out a shape that is kind of a third of a circle, but around 3/4 of the curved edge is taken up by triangle shapes. (I'm not very good at describing, so here's a badly drawn picture)

roll it into a cone, leaving the 4 triangles sticking out at the bottom. this bit is optional, but you can fill it with hot glue to make it more sturdy, just be careful touching the hot metal. I tend to hold the cone by one of the triangles with a bit of fabric wrapped around my fingers for this bit. cut 4 small holes in your fabric in this kind of shape:

and put the spiky bits of triangle through the holes. fold the triangles in on themselves to secure the spike in place. boom. spike obtained. this is one I made and attached to a little piece of fabric to test this method out:

3. battle vests!! (like the base jackets). the best places to buy these are charity shops and second hand websites in my opinion, but if anyone else knows any better options, please reblog with those!!

a good trick I find works well on eBay is to filter search results to your country (or state? can you do that in the US? idk) so that a: fast delivery because local, and b: all the sellers of everything that shows up are in YOUR TIME ZONE.

why is this important? when people sell something for really cheap, it goes FAST. check eBay at like, 2am or something. all the scalpers in your area are asleep. grab the cheap stuff while they can't.

4. sewing!! want patches, but can't sew for whatever reason? I've heard of a lot of people with joint conditions like arthritis complain about the inaccessibility of patch stuff, and that does sound extremely annoying, however:

safety pins!! while they are still a little fiddly, they're much less work so you don't have to fiddle about for long. if you can, you could even ask a friend to help, since it doesn't take long at all I'm sure someone will be willing to help out!! (I know I would, but that's just me, and I love this kind of thing). safety pins on clothes are also widely considered to be a symbol of solidarity, so if anything, you're adding some extra love and meaning to your patch pants/battle jacket.

if that's still too fiddly, fabric glue is always an option. unfortunately this means you won't be able to remove/reposition patches, at least without leaving a massive patch of residue, but if you're ok with that then fabric glue is probably your best bet.

for people who prefer sewing: as for where to get the thread, I've heard a lot of people recommending dental floss, as it's apparently much cheaper and works just as well. I haven't tried this myself so can't confirm that, but I thought I'd share it regardless.

5. where to get fabric!! old clothes. rip em up. you don't need any kind of fancy fabric from the craft store. my patches are made of old jeans that I grew out of.

don't have any old clothes and you don't want to waste any good ones? I'm not sure about other countries, but in the UK, as long as you're not on private property (trespassing), dumpster diving is perfectly legal.

I definitely ;) do NOT encourage ;) trespassing rich people's land ;) to steal from their dumpsters ;)

or tbh it doesn't matter too much how rich the person is, since it's all going to landfill anyway. if it's in the bin, it's free game, but you didn't hear that from me. ;)

please add onto this where you can!! and if I missed something or got anything wrong, add that on too!!

[anturus]

Y’all, my little nephew, who’s nickname is “Cabbage,” wanted a “punk jacket,” like Uncle Kade’s. (EMPHASIS ON LITTLE, be nice)

So, I asked him what kind of patches he wanted on it, and this is what we came up with. Just need to sew the patches down and line the vest. I can’t wait to finish it and send it to him.

[fractangle]

Pride month vest project, a patch a day #14: All Pride is Kink to Bigots

[dognonsense]

Not the "people before profit" patch jacket being $449, fast fashion is fucking beyond satire at this point

[stargore]

new patch vest 💖💖💖 it’s so silly!!!! im very proud!!!!!

and ALSO…

IT GLOWS IN THE DARK.

how cool is that?!?!?!?!?!?! i wore it out for the first time to a show last night and it got sooo many compliments i’m so so so happy

[conkreetmonkey]

So I stumbled across this Etsy that sells dog accessories, and like 50% of the patches they sell (intended for use on dog jackets) go harder than anything made with humans in mind. Like am I crazy or

battle jacket exclusively featuring dog patches

[nixxsmokeweed]

I made a new backpatch for my wheelchair. The first picture is the new one and the second is the old.

I made this new one with velcro which attaches much cleaner to the chair. That way, you can actually see all the patches.

I find these backpatches are much better than a traditional battle jacket for me. As Battle jackets get really heavy, which makes it harder to push myself. This way I can still participate.

If you make one I would love to see!

[seeminglydark]

Updated version of this for some conventions I’m doing this summer. 💜

[mons7errr]

how 2 make battle jacket

find cool thing

attach to jakcet

your done

[tipsynaga]

made this patch for my girlfriend's jacket

[fractangle]

Pride month vest project, a patch a day #29: Wheat But Not Bread, Fruit But Not Wine

[pluggedintosaverockandroll]

I finally "finished" my battle vest!