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PROJECT: A Patchwork Coat

Published: September 17th 2024, 4:40:06 am

My friend Ben Coleman has a jacket that he wore daily for ten years. It served him well! But you wear something that much for a decade and it's just a matter of time before it accrues some battle damage.

You guys already know where this is going.

Yeah.

I mended the fuck outta this coat.

Coleman is a big fan and collector of VHS and LaserDiscs, so, naturally, he already had some videotape-themed fabric picked out for me to use.

Since the fabric pattern was really going to pop against the jacket, I tried to make each patch look really intentional. For this elbow tear, I specifically cut out the fabric to frame the VHS tapes as centered as I could get it.

Never in my life have I ever sewed cuffs before. Never have I even contemplated how one would repair frayed, ripped cuffs! So taking on these bad boys was a fun challenge. Let's just gloss over the fact that my first time around, I accidentally made one cuff noticeably longer than the other. It's ok! I fixed it U_U

This pocket breast mini-hole/snag didn't actually need to be fixed, but I just really wanted to make one perfect little flower patch. #Worth #It

Yeah, I dunno, I just went ham on this thing.

Fingers sewin' faster than a phone camera can capture:

Aaaaaaaaand, VOILA!

 There's actually a bunch more spots I stitched closed or patched, but this is enough photos for one post. It was quite a challenge sewing through a thick, padded jacket, let me tell you! But it was fun and I am pretty pleased with the results. I'd tell you how Coleman reacted to it but unfortunately he came down with a bug right before we were supposed to meet up so who knows.  In any case, Tig's happy she gets to sleep on it a bit longer.