Behold, The Meme Jacket
This jacket arrangement position is called "LOOK AT MY ARMPITS."
Here's a close-up of the collar and lapels with the jacket laying normally:
The snaps on the lapels hold them open, but can also be snapped closed, which is nice on windy days.
Here's the front of the jacket as it's intended to be seen:
I was very particular about how I designed and arranged these: much like how the back only has color in the middle, I wanted to keep the bright colors to the center. The two brightly colored patches are meant to read like a two-panel comic, or some sort of call-response thing, whatever. The patches along the bottom are meant to read left to right, almost like a four-panel comic. (The Awesome Face patch is just there because it fit.)
What's not obvious from these pictures is that there are inside pockets, which connect to the zippered side pockets! I don't tend to actually use this feature very much, but it does make the pocket space hugely tall in there.
Another feature I don't tend to use very much is the zip-off sleeves. I think I've only ever taken the sleeves off once (plus a few times when sewing patches on, to make it easier to reach where I was working).
The googly eye buttons are holding up moderately well - I might need to replace one of the eyes by next year. If you're gonna do this yourself, you gotta put a metal keyring of the same size behind the googly eye! Wrap the keyring in a piece of fabric (I used the tubular bit from the bottom edge of a t-shirt), and sew it to the button band. Then, glue the googly eye onto the fabric with enough glue to also glue the fabric to the keyring. (I used superglue for this.)
All in all, it's been an incredibly fun project, and one that I get lots and lots of use out of! I'm sure I'll add to it at some point, but I'm calling its current state "done (v1.0)".
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Projects of the day 🥳 ❤🌻
Buttons and pins, lil cheeky teeth patch and new journal I've patched over!
First buttons I've made so super happy how they turned out, currently hunting down more bottle caps for now!
Buttons - 1312, punch a nazi, T4T, occupy empty property, mischiefbrew, no gods no masters, god is a tranny, im not that kind of boy, life so hard dick so soft, cheeky lil booty (cut out from a old gay magazine) , lil devil man (cut out from a old gay magazine)
Will post photos of the new patches ive made as well! ❤❤
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pins i painted today <3
the glare makes these a little hard to read, so the blue one said "pup regressor", and the black ones say "autistically inclined" (my friend called me this as a compliment in reference to me being both autistic and artistically inclined. so. autistically inclined.) and "i struggle with eye contact". im sad the sealant smeared the (shitty) paint on the eye contact one :( but its okkk also i dont rlly like the way the it/its pin looks but idrc rn i spent too much time on it
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any ideas for what to put on bottle cap pins?
Yes!! I love making bottle cap pins! Here are some I made recently that I just have to attach a pin to!
I usually just start painting and then try and figure out something as I go, but heres a list of ideas:
Band Logos
Things related to your stances on issues you care about (hence land back and save the bees)
Gender/Sexuality related stuff (pronouns, colors, symbols, etc)
Symbols (safety pin, the raised fist, religious symbols if you do the religion thing, etc)
Paint a bottle cap and have friends write messages on them for you, put your favorites on your jacket
Paint vinyls or CDs on them (or other circle things)
You can also print out images and adhere them to the caps (I recommend mod podge). Here are some other ideas I snatched off the internet:
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[ DANNY'S TUTORIALS: BOTTLECAP PIN ]
Hi there!! I'm gonna teach you how to make a bottlecap pin since I've gotten a lot of questions about where I got mine from baby punks and others who just find them cool! I've found that a lot of people buy their pins online from companies that overprice and over-process their designs, and often times steal them from smaller businesses. Punk has been gentrified over the years, so this tutorial acts as a way to reconnect to the roots of DIY fashion made by people with limited resources and time. This is a great way to show your interests, pride in your community, and pretty much anything else you want even if you don't have a penchant for traditional art. Don't worry about it looking good, just try to have fun! At the end of the day, the shittier the job, the more punk it is.
[ Step Count : 6 ]
Here's what you're gonna need! (optional materials have a star next to them instead of a regular point):
-> hot glue gun (in replacement of pliers)
-> safety pin
-> bottlecap (unbent, preferably a twist off)
-> can tab
✮ pencil/pen
✮ sandpaper
✮ paint & paintbrush/posca pens
✮ regular Elmer's glue
STEP 1:
Gather your all of your materials and place them on your workspace. I'm going to paint mine, so I got the sandpaper, paintbrush, and paints as extra materials.
STEP 2:
If you're not going to paint yours, go ahead and skip to step 3. Otherwise, get your sandpaper and your bottlecap, then sand down the surface (A). Paint your base, draw a design with the pencil/pen, and fill it in with your paints/posca pens (B)! After I'm done painting I'll usually seal it in regular Elmer's glue to make sure it doesn't get messed up anytime soon (C). I chose a little green skull since the person I'm gifting this too likes and spooky stuff and green is their favorite color :]
[ Also sorry for the change of scenery, I had to finish at the library cause I was studying. Visiting, donating, and helping your local library is Punk As Fuck. ]
STEP 3:
What you're going to do now is set your bottlecap aside, and take out your can tab. I have joint problems and I can't use pliers, so I bend it over the edge of a table by holding it half over the edge and pushing down to bend the metal. But try not to bend it too much so your safety pin stays in place!
STEP 4:
Okay, here comes the tricky part. Like I said, I have joint issues, so I can't use pliers because they hurt my hands. Instead I'm going to set aside my now bent can tab and bring back my bottle cap, then flip it over. Place 2 hefty drops of hot glue on the bottom and top of the pin, then get your safety pin and open it so you can place it on the back horizontally.
STEP 5:
Now, place your bent can tab on the back of the pin and over the open safety pin, pressing it into the hot glue drops and letting it dry for a little bit (A). If you like, you can also put two more drops of hot glue on the tops of the bent can tab for extra security (B). I also put some hot glue in the middle of the tab's opening for extra security on the safety pin. Please pardon the absolute dogshit photo quality it wasn't cooperating for some reason LMAO
STEP 6 [FINAL]:
Wait for it to dry, then you're all done!! Your very own bottlecap pin. You can attach this to bags, jackets, shirts, pants, and pretty much any material that a safety pin can glide through.
Here's the finished product, as presented by my friend D at the library (everybody say thank you D for modeling)!!
[ -> Next (coming soon:]) ]
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OBSESSED w the cum bottle cap right next to the ace bottle cap, keep it up !!
thank youuu. I identify as sex positive asexual so i think its very fitting for me :3!
The identity corner of my vest for anyone unsure :3
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PINS‼️‼️
the genloss one looks better now than it did when i made it
and the
the creeper one hdjshdk
@meerealsssss has a matching cat dad pin
the triangle is uh
is
so
my ghost oc is a fire ghoul
and the triangle is the symbol for fire ghouls
yeah you get it
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