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#Battle Vest
dognonsense · 1 year
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Not the "people before profit" patch jacket being $449, fast fashion is fucking beyond satire at this point
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whyenn-reader · 11 months
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All the patches I did for my Poser Jacket. This is the best thing I've ever thought of.
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x-brik-x · 11 months
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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)
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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:
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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:
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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!!
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raccooninapartyhat · 1 year
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[ID: two denim patches with raised red fabric paint pinned onto a jacket. The first is in uncontracted Braille and reads, "I can't see shit". The second is in contracted UEB and reads, "if you can read this stop touching me". End ID.]
Shout out to my friends for inspiring some of the funniest patches I could possibly put on my jacket
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reginns-forge · 6 months
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the myth, the rat, the bastard
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fl0rapunk · 6 months
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First semi-finished battle vest. Kinda want to make an outlaw/queer country-themed one next.
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saintveil · 8 months
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Friendly reminder NOT to bully people (especially literal children) for their battle jackets/vests, even if they suck absolute ass.
Try giving constructive criticism instead of being a dick about it. No matter how bad one looks, or how far it may be from what a battle jacket/vest is supposed to be, a lot of time and love went into that shit. Somebody worked hard on that, and are hopefully proud of their work. It's okay to tell them what's wrong with it, and how they can improve, but it's not okay to make fun of the way it's put together, or how it looks. Help people get better, don't put them down.
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clown-bastard-man · 1 year
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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.
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Punk spike jackets serve exactly the same purpose as coyote vests on a chihuahua. Sensitive little punk needs spikes between him and potential predators (strangers talking to him, he has social anxiety)
This is exactly what you look like in your battle jackets:
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since im so fuckin SICK of seein this shit
basic rules of crust pants and battle jackets:
it doesn't fucking matter
none of it fucking matters!
put whatever you want on there! as long as theres crust bands on your crust pants and bands you actually listen to on your jacket, nothing matters.
you can wash em? good on ya! you can but don't? good on ya [but that's a little gross]! you can't and don't? still cool!
it's about expressing urself. theres no fucking guidelines, if anyone tells you otherwise they're an elitist bitch!
spend as much money as you want, spend as little money as you want, as long as it's diy and as long as you follow the like two "rules" of practicing punk ideology and having bands you actually listen to on your stuff, nobody is going to stop you!
being punk is FUCKING AROUND!! theres no fucking guidelines! just listen to the music and follow the ideology! you don't have to dress punk to be punk! you don't have to dress metal to be a metalhead!! don't let anyone boss you around because you don't have a bunch of fancy shit based off the subculture.
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folkpunkbreakfast · 7 months
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Thinking about making and selling lil hats! (example here) 🥳
Would be great fun and something to put energy into! I would maybe only sell them for $10-$15, i wouldn't really care i just want to make lil punk hats for people! I just enjoy the process so much i want to find a way to share it from my tiny bedroom in Australia. Would anyone be down? I would love to make patches, custom shorts and jackets, buttons and pins as well! Just wanna share this shit
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dognonsense · 1 year
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DIY advice for making punk clothes while poor
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mixpunk · 3 months
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This is your sign to make your comfort plushie a battle vest!
I can post/make a tutorial or let you know where I got the materials if anyone would want to
Closeups of the vest itself below :)
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x-brik-x · 9 months
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british sign language for unity
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artsydudejude · 3 months
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ref sheet commission for @desulto's fursona, a wooly rhino named Kifaru! i got to have a lot of fun redesigning her vest, and of course it's always a treat to work on a less common animal 'sona 🦏
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against-all-0dds · 9 months
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Front+back of my battle vest (if you can call it that)
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Many people would put studs or spikes here, but I don’t have that so I’m putting metal beads and soda can tabs!
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A patch my mom gave me and a charm from a Frozen necklace from like, a loooooong ass time ago lawls.
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Trans flag patch that I knitted (messy af)
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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.
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The first measure of Welcome To The Black Parade.
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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?
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March on, killjoy. I’ll probably put a patch over this one, tho.
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Against me!
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Zip-off sleeve. I did this yesterday, gonna do the other arm today.
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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.
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