#punk vest

[somecrustypunk]

How to make a stencil for your patches

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You will need:

Sponge

Watercolour paper / card

Art knife / boxcutter

Acrylic paint

Fabric

1. Find what you want to make into a patch. It's best if you can find a black and white image of what you want (or just draw it), whatevers in white should be able to support itself when you get rid of the negative space.

2. Print and use the edge of a pencil to shade the back of the image, it should look a bit tike this.

3. Flip around and use masking tape to stick it to card or watercolour paper, then use a blunt pencil to trace around your image. You should be left with a faded outline of what you want on the card underneath.

4. Use an art knife or box cutter to carve out all the negative space

5. Finally used a sponge and some acrylic paint and dab it over the stencil onto your fabric. I ironed the fabric I used beforehand so it was flatter and easier to print on

Anyway Ive struggled finding ways to print that work for me so I hope this works for other ppl

[x-brik-x]

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!!

[local-edgelord]

well that's the fastest I've ever gotten from patch idea to execution. it exists now. I love it. all my nankin pens are dead. I don't know where I'm going to put it

[clown-bastard-man]

It’s the MLP battle vest!! UPDATE

Please feel free to ask me about it if you have any Qs, theres some more info about its creation under the cut!

I’ve had this idea for a while, ever since I bought the plain vest. But I was also super inspired by many creators on tumblr!!

Everything I put on the vest and where I got it:

Pins: I made five pins for this vest, I painted three cutie mark pins for Vinyl Scratch, Octavia, and the WoodenToaster. I painted a large pin with the Anarchy symbol in the FIM font, and I made a very large pin from a can top with my mlp color-picked pride flags. The other anarchy pin as well as the He-Man pin were ones I made before. The only two I didn’t make were the trans flag pin and the rainbow flag heart pin. The first I got at a con a few years ago, and the other was a gift.

Panels: I hand painted these starting with a white base, all acrylic paint. I tried to make sure the lines were symmetrical on each side. This is probably my favorite part of the vest and the one I had the most fun working on!!

Studs and safety pins: the safety pins I got at walmart a while back and the studs I got from TreeChild1 on Etsy!

Patches!!: I’ve made 5 patches for this vest so far, my favorite is def the “Blue Hair and Pronounce” one. Most of the patches are used to voice my beliefs, or I just thought they were funny or cool. The other iron-on patches I got from a craft store way before I started working on the vest. I used both embroidery thread and floss to see which one I liked more. I secured knots and loose ends with fabric glue.

[juniper-c]

Finished up my new home made vest today. All home painted and studded. Wanted to give off the big catgirl punk energy.

[belalugosiseyebrows]

Spider-Punk embroided and painted patches, made by me!

[some-fuck-ing-punk-blog-ok]

[against-all-0dds]

Front+back of my battle vest (if you can call it that)

Many people would put studs or spikes here, but I don’t have that so I’m putting metal beads and soda can tabs!

A patch my mom gave me and a charm from a Frozen necklace from like, a loooooong ass time ago lawls.

Trans flag patch that I knitted (messy af)

Aaaahhhh I love this patch so much because one of my friends made it for me, finally got it sewed on yesterday! Also “keep running” because I got bored in class and wrote random crap all over it.

The first measure of Welcome To The Black Parade.

Into the woods because what else would I put there? I am bored in class writing random crap on my jacket, what is another logical explanation?

March on, killjoy. I’ll probably put a patch over this one, tho.

Against me!

Zip-off sleeve. I did this yesterday, gonna do the other arm today.

Visible mending+random keychain I got at an art fair. that’s about it for now, I would have more political stuff/slogans but I live with my parents and idk what they would think.

[opossum-dyke]

Yay I'm at the point where I decided the locations and pinned down every patch on my jacket and then put down pins and literally super glued them down because a lost pin is so sad lol

Next up is sewing down the patches and adding the studs around the big MCR patch 😍

I'm throwing in pics of my vest for the hell of it even tho it hasn't changed much recently, but I put a few more pins on it today too

[my-chemical-ratz]

back patch(es) for my new vest :)

[tenderanarchist]

Old vest from highschool is getting retired and taken apart since I outgrew it. Can’t wait to patch up my new one

[somecrustypunk]

Still getting the hang of using fabric paints, but I love how fast it is to make these

Mother mother ⬆️

Descendants ⬇️

The flash only my phone does make them look kind of grimey but I swear they look good irl

I honestly love being on punk tumblr, theres no punk scene in my area so this is all the reference i have for patches and shit

[happy-and-gay-tortoise]

I'm low-key scared by people that plan their patch jackets and make all the patches before patching them, yall are like the people that keep their rooms clean constantly. Respect but like, how?

[spechblend]

DIY Punk Mods and Updates

I started beefing up my battle vest!

I cut off the hem for a more flattering look

Added pleather patchwork to the front and back

Added a decorative patch below the Doom patch

Added sashiko stitching so it matches my pants

Added grommets at the bottom for keychains

This was a big gamble for my pants, but I’m glad I went through with it. My pants were getting stiff from the amount of patchwork that went into it, so I cut the knees so I could actually bend my legs lol. The issue is that my legs will get cold, so I bought some elbow pads from the craft store, and converted them into knee pads. Using button snaps, I made them removable (last pic). I lined the pads with old t-shirt fabric so my knees won’t chafe, and secured it with fabric glue and a border stitch. The strips of fabric on the inside of the pants are there so that the cuts I made don’t fully expose my legs when it’s cold.

(The half-ass pattern I made at work)

This took me a total of two days, with the sewing, measuring, and all that.

[dognonsense]

Vest progress is looking epic today! Proud of my work!

[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!