Room for a few more patches but mostly done at this point

This is my all time jacket. I couldn't finish it because other ones haha. What do you guyz think about the empty arm. I quess i will sew festival patches.

just finished the back side

Hi, I've been watching this section of reddit for a while. Finally getting the courage to show off my jacket. I've always been into rock and metal since i was a kid. The outcast in the family.

It wasn't till I went to see Morbid Angel, that the idea came to me. I've had already seen so many bands before then, it was time to make one and I began my battle vest journey.

The back is my wall of honor for every group I've seen, and some more than once 😂. The front are my top favorite bands.

I have a few more shows coming up this year and with that new patches.

Please forgive the atrocious proportions and assimetry . Still waiting for a Drudkh and an Gaerea patch to arrive… Toughts?

Hey everyone, After months of arranging, shifting, doubting and rearranging, I’ve finally locked in the layout of my battlejacket. I’m about to get everything sewn on, but before I do, I’d love to hear what you think!

I tried to strike a balance between old-school legends, modern heavyweights, and some personal favorites with a slightly chaotic twist. Recently moved a few patches around (Rise Against went up, Judas Priest and Doodseskader to the left), and it feels much more balanced now.

That said — there are still a few small gaps here and there. Would you go ahead and sew it now, or wait until every space is filled? Curious how you all approach that stage in the process.

Thanks and keep those jackets loud and proud!

I suck at sewing btw

My rock and roll quilt is looking pretty good! Go easy on me, it’s my first one and I’m only 42 ;)

This took my forever because the leather is such a pain to sew on. I’m confident I’m finished with it but might change it in the future.

Ok so my (26f) bf (33m) recently got super into battle jackets. I personally don't know how to sew, the most ive ever done was help my mum thread her needles so she could sew. My bf doesn't know how to sew either but after a video call with my mum and a couple of YouTube videos hes gotten it. He wont do iron on patches cuz he says its cheating(?) idk, im not big in the subculture. Anyway, he ordered a black denim vest on Amazon and its a stretchy denim material. Like jeggings. Hes trying to sew on this very large portrait patch thing thats like a rectangle with the edges beveled. Thing is, since the material is stretchy he keeps fucking it up and the patch ends up off center and the material ends up gathered so when he wears it you can see it stretching against the lines he sewed.

With my extremely limited knowledge ive tried to tell him to stretch the fabric out as he sews the patch so the patch lays flat. I told him when hes not wearing the vest it'll look janky, but with it on it'll look fine. He doesn't believe me. I think putting such a large patch on stretchy material is a lost cause cuz the material wont be fully stretched out 100% of the time hes wearing it and the patch will look janky anyway, he wont listen.

So does anyone have any advice on how to sew a very large patch on very stretchy fabric in a way that the fabric wont warp the patch?

My old vest was stolen from my trucks years ago. The new one is a little eclectic and far from finished. I have a few patches I haven’t put on it yet. I know that it’s all over the place, but it’s for me.

What's your favorite site to purchase patch ? I search lot of hem but not avaible on classic site

Need to work on filling up the front and I want to add some studs and pins as well.

The back I’ve considered finished, and I have a few more patches to add on the front.

I've seen some sick vests/jackets with studs/spikes in the collar and shoulder area and upper back. How do longhairs cope with these studs/spikes I find hair always catches and snags on these and makes it dreadful to wear the garment no matter how nice it looks

It was from r/punkfashion . Yo there clothes jackets are so fucking horrible. I hate fucking politics.

What's the best way to paint designs on a leather jacket? I want to do something up the back of it, I don't have any leather specific paint will it turn out okay with regular acrylic paints? I have multi purpose and blacklight paint from folkart. Just hoping for it to last a while and some cracking is okay, thanks!

Just discovered a new group called "Pharmacist" that I really enjoy. I really love to make stencil-style fabric painted patches for my bags and such, but then their band logo is... this. Any ideas? I seriously don't know if I can pull this off.

Here’s some vests and jackets I’ve made over the years. I’ve got a lot more, plus pants, shorts, hats, backpacks, bags, belts, cuffs, the list goes on. There are some others I did as commissions and for friends, I just haven’t taken any pics of them. I’ve been doing this for a long time so I tend to forget to take pics when I finish a project.