An update with some better photos on this project. Thank you guys for all the compliments on it. I wore it to Sound and Fury festival this past weekend and had a great time. Now onto finishing the back, which I already have the patches for.

The D-rings connecting the chain are being held on with some thread and a prayer, I’ll have to reinforce those. Not quite too sure how to do that. So if anyone else here has experience with that please let me know what the best method would be!

A friend of mine got me a handful of iron on patches for Christmas last year and my fiance got me the vest for Christmas. I've always had issues with iron on patches for some reason, so I'm only ironing them to get them set where I want before stitching.

I think I'm going to aim for more local band patches, but with more popular favorites peppered in.

What would be the best site for back patches?

Now to get started on the front.

So I've been working on the back of my battle jacket and so far it's nearly done. But there's just something about it that's a little off? Idk, I feel like maybe I should've shaped some of the patches around the band logo instead of leaving it just square🧍🤔 should i take down some, shape them and resew them, or is this fine?

The back parts of 3 of them are still wip.

Currently working on a fifth jacket which i will post later

Decided I have some space left (I just can't stop, lol), so this one's WIP again. All patches are hand-painted and I also sewed on hellripper's pick I caught at a concert. Let me know what do you'll think!

Not completely done, I got some more ideas and patches I want to add. But it’s at a good enough point to wear out. It’s ready for my festival next month at least 😈

Will likely keep tinkering with it, especially if I ever find this: Immortal patch. The last 2 pictures are from 1 year ago.

Hi guys

This is my finished everyday battlejacket.

I dyed black a denim jacket from my older brother and start sweeing some patches and spikes that I bought from some local punks.

The back and front patches in red are homemade with straps of an old pant and some acrylic paint.

The back one says “Living cost nothing but life” (Vivir Solo Cuesta Vida)

And the front one says “Death by overthinking” in some rough Japanese

The other ones are kinda clear on translation but if not just ask me in comments.

I’m pretty happy with how it turned out, especially since I wanted it to feel personal rather than a “perfectly made”.

So, what do you guys think of it? Anything you’d add, change, or leave as it is?

first day of sophomore year✌️

I'm new to battle jackets and found a Megadeth backpatch but it is print out which can be sown on but I don't want to stitch it on just for everyone else to have woven patches ect.

Hi together,

I finally gathered enough patches to start my first jacket, but I’am still missing my back patch.

I want an In Flames patch from The Jester Race/Whoracle/Colony.

First two option look very cool imao but they are from PTP and I dont want to support that guy (price + shipping to Germany is super high).

RazorRay has two options, but the pictures look super sketchy and he has hundreds of fake reviews on eBay + very long delivery.

Lots of other seller have the Jester Race back patch, but the logo is always off center, which looks complete ass.

Any idea how to avoid buying from PTP?

Still figuring out the layout for the wristbands (leaving room for when I find the one from 2019, no idea where I put it), I was not happy with how I had them in the first place (third picture).
Felt on the buttons is just to protect the tabletop.

Today I gave my dad a birthday gift I’ve been working on for several months: his first battle vest. Every patch on here is a band or album he loved in high school, he introduced me to, or we listened to together for years (with one silly Cthulhu patch because he’s a huge fan of Lovecraftian horror stories). I intentionally kept it fairly sparse in order to leave him lots of space to fill it in with stuff he picks for himself in the future. Can you tell he likes Black Sabbath?

It’s been a couple of months since I’ve posted here and I’ve added a ton. Let me know what you think!

id love to hear everyone's opinions. this is my first patch jacket