#punk goth patches

[cassraven]

My online shop called Dirty Rat Grrl Creations is having a holiday fall/autumn sale going on from now until 12/1/24. Everything listed from hand-sewn made bat plushies, heart shaped anatomy themed cute plushies, relief printmaking made punk/goth/metal themed fabric sew patches, and other art like hand embroidery hoop pieces are all half off on sale.

If you’d like to get a head start on purchasing something alternative gothic or punk to gift yourself or a loved one before Christmas holidays start, then please pay a visit to my shop online Etsy linked below here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/DirtyRatgrrlCreation

Or if you’d like, take a look at future items coming soon that I’m creating at my Shop/Art Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/dirtyratgrrlcreations?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D&utm_source=qr

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[deathtokillian]

“I can never find good clothes at the thrift store”

MAKE IT!!!! I CAN NOT EXPRESS THIS ENOUGH!!

Take a boring/ugly piece of clothing and do some diy on it!

Cut it

Dye it

Put patches on it

Put safety pins on it

Sew pop tabs on it

Hell sew random stuff on it

Do tie dye

Bleach dye a design on it

Layers and accessories also go a long way

Let your creative flow baby!! Possibilities are endless!!

[dognonsense]

DIY advice for making punk clothes while poor

[jasperthehatchet]

my bag 🌿⛓️🌻⚙️ more details in the image ID and more pics below

I found a small plain black leather backpack at the thrift store for $6 and made it my own :) I used silver sharpie for the swirls and made the buttons all myself with the exception of the metal ones

[Image ID: a small black leather backpack covered in patches, buttons, safety pins, studs and silver and metalic green spirals in the spaces with no patches. There are four patches on the front, an orange patch with a white trans rights symbol sewn on with white thread, and a circular green patch with a simplistic sun and moon drawin on it in black (a mirrormask patch) sewn on with black thread. And on the front pocket on the bottom, theres a dark green band patch with white lettering that says "she past away" sewn on with white thread and a black patch next to it with a red anarchy symbol sewn on the bag with red thread. There are silver spike studs lining the edges of the bag along the zipper and on the front pocket as well as soda tabs sewn onto the front pocket flap with off-white thread. And on both sides of the pocket there are safety pins decorating the empty space next to it. There are four pins on the side of the bag, a light green and white spiral pin, a light green and white "eat the rich" pin, and a metal fairy pin on the top half, and theres a metal frog with an umbrella pin on the front pocket in-between the two patches. Theres also a small orange carabiner on the pocket zipper.

On the left side of the bag, there is a patch on the bottom where a side pocket would normally be. An off-white band patch that says "bauhaus" in black lettering and it's sewn on with black thread, and there are silver spirals around it filling the space. There are some areas I left blank to make the swirls/spirals look like they're hanging down or growing up the bag like vines. There's a horizontal seam above all this that makes the area look like a pocket, and above this seam there's a metal pin with a sun, moon and stars on it.

The right side of the bag, there's no patch where a pocket should be, I instead filled this space with some spirals and more handmade bottle cap buttons. Two buttons, a larger type o negative band button that's black with white thorny vines, and a smaller red band button that says "doom scroll" on it in off-white lettering. Above the seam on this side I drew a bunch of silver spirals that look like they are growing out from behind the seam.

All thread mentioned in this post is embroidery thread, and some groups of spirals drawn on the bag are metallic green. End ID]

Here's the top of the bag as well as the straps that hang down

[Image ID: the bag has a rounded arch shape, and across the top of the leather I drew a cluster of green spirals in between the silver spirals I drew on the sides. There are some blank spots to avoid making the bag look busier than it already is. The loop at the top for hanging the bag is embroidered with a green leafy vine pattern. The same pattern is embroidered on the right strap that hangs down from the bottom of the bag, and on the right one, a gray barbed wire pattern is embroidered. I plan on sewing some more soda tabs onto the top of the bag at some point for the sake of adding more shiny things and also fill up some of that space I mentioned because while I don't want the bag to be too busy, I think the blank space i left on the top is a little too much blank space. End ID]

[bvggvoreacab]

diy punk shirts for riot grrrls, goths, and lesbians

[draculiza]

it's me and my fav skirt against the world

[tubefed]

current wip yay

a colorful goth jacket ? it's more likely than you think

[crittirclothing]

It's always tricky to keep these knife patches in stock, hopefully they'll be back for a while after this next restock

[girlishguitarist]

Here’s my jacket thus far! Wore it out for the first time yesterday and I’m pretty damn proud of it. I have a lot more work to do on it still. I need to add more of my band patches, (Rosetta Stone, Joy Division, Skeletal Family, Twin Tribes and Horror Vacui to name a few.) And I’m looking to accessorise it a bit more but yeah. Considering this is my first I’d say it’s not going too bad.

[vividstargore]

current state of my patch/crust pants

[borninwinter81]

Cyber goth dress + my favourite way to make patches

I thrifted this dress a couple of weeks ago for £1. I believe it started life as some sort of costume, possibly a sexy firefighter, but the fabric is really good quality cotton, and I thought it had some cybergoth potential with the yellow and reflective bits. I also really like the metal fastenings.

I already had a high-viz coat in my wardrobe from when I used to go bicycling more often, so I was able to steal more reflective bits from that. Not yet sure what I'll do with them, probably cut interesting shapes and glue or sew them on. Photos with and without flash.

And then yesterday I got a half meter of cotton fabric for £1 which is an almost exact colour match, so I can make some stencilled patches.

I already had fabric paint at home, so this entire outfit has only cost me £2! Cybergoth clothing is usually super expensive.

There are lots of tutorials for making stencilled patches on YouTube, (@rattusrattus3 has some excellent ones) but I lack patience and don't like cutting out intricate pieces, especially for lettering, so I had the idea to use alphabet stickers. You can pick these up really cheap from your local pound shop or dollar store depending on where you're from. I think mine were 40p a packet.

Stick them to your fabric, use fabric paint and a sponge, then when you peel the stickers off you'll have the words in relief. You can go thicker than I have here to make the surrounding area totally opaque, but I like the edges being messy and faded out. These are both song titles from cyber/industrial bands that I like.

Here are some other examples that I've done in the past. These were all done with pound shop spray paint which isn't ideal for fabric, but it's cheap! You'll also get more of the original fabric colour showing through with this kind of paint, which is nice.

If you're using black fabric, gold or silver paint will generally work better than white. These are all Devin Townsend song lyrics.

The only negative to this method for some people may be that the letters will be very uniform, but I like that. And if you want to you can space them irregularly to break things up a bit. Or you might be able to find more interestingly shaped alphabet stickers than I did!

[p0ssession]

I am back with more skeleton themed projects

This is my first vest and I wanted something unique, so I made this skull using textile paint and added a ribbon which I laced through some safety pins (inspired by corset piercings)

While I was painting there was also a little moth on my window so in honour of that I also added a tiny moth next to the skull. They're friends :)

[pumpkinoverlord]

Been adding to this gay vampire themed battle vest on and off for about 2 years. I always intended to do a custom painting on the back but kept putting it off. Originally I was going to do a Lost Boys tribute but ended up doing an original piece instead. I painted these on canvas and then sealed it with Angelus leather paints finisher and stitched it onto the vest.

I want to get more pins and patches for the front but I'm so happy to have a fair amount of the back decorated now!

[bvggvoreacab]

made a little pocket from scratch to attach to a belt or pants, this way i always have one pocket for my trinkets :)

[draculiza]

my finished skirt!! so bloody happy with how this turned out. now i can still wear my old jeans that i meant to decorate with patches but never did lol

[tea-slur]

—Kick Me Like a Stray

New Sew-On Patches Are Up On my Ko-fi

You can find these prints here, or by using the linktree in my bio!!

As always, the funds go towards my rescue kitten’s vet bills!!