A Few Days Later, I've Embroidered The Majority Of The Back Panel. I Still Want To Add Things Like Shooting

a few days later, I've embroidered the majority of the back panel. i still want to add things like shooting stars, more details on the luna moth, more stars behind the ferns, etc, but here's what I've gotten done:

a photo of the nearly finished back panel. the black ferns on the bottom are complete, and above them are a bunch of stars and planets made of colorful fabric and thread
a photo of the finished back panel attached to my vest with safety pins. the Luna moth has been embroidered on by the ferns with pale blue and green thread, and ive sewn on a patch under the collar of a moth and the phases of the moon

I've also sewn on a moth patch that my best friend gave me a while ago - I've finally found a place for it!

and I've turned one of the front pockets into a cute monster mouth, an idea that i got from a patch somebody showed on Pinterest. instead of just a patch, it's a functional pocket! the teeth didn't quite turn out how I'd hoped, but i can clean them up a bit later

a photo of one of the upper chest pockets on my vest. i've sewn on a forked tongue made of pink fabric, and some wonky white teeth. above the pocket, i embroidered a pair of blue, slitted eyes
a photo of the same pocket but opened. now you can see that the teeth are sewn onto the edge of the upper flap, and the tongue is sewn onto the edge of the lower pouch.

i might add more details to give it more of a body, and not just a mouth with disembodied eyes. if you have any ideas, please comment or leave them in the tags!

the latest things i've added are a panel on the inside of my vest under the collar, and some stars on the ends of the hood strings, both using the same blue flannel i used for the pockets.

a photo of the inside of my vest. on the upper, inner panel, right below the collar, i've added a panel of blue flannel fabric. i've seen many denim vests and jackets with a pattern in this spot, so i added my own
a photo of the vest's hood, detached. i've added a large star on the end of each of the hood strings, both made out of the same blue flannel fabric

i'll continue updating as i work on it!

for about a week now I've been working on a DIY vest. it's not a battle vest, but i am taking inspiration from some of the patch ideas and maybe adding spikes

here's my process so far:

(EDITED with image descriptions - thanks for the reminder in the tags!!)

photo of a pale blue denim vest in a bucket in a bathtub
photo of the vest now dyed dark grey

i dyed a pale blue vest with one full bottle of graphite synthetic dye. it's still sadly a little blue, but it's dark enough that it isn't super noticable, so I'll live. if you have any questions about the exact process, ill answer them in the comments!

photo of my hand in the vest's pockets to show how deep they are
photo of the vest's pockets from the inside to show to fabric i used - blue flannel
photo of an inside pocket i made for the vest. it's white fabric with words embroidered with black thread. i embroidered snippets from a post on Tumblr by turboennui. it reads "Laika's still up there. Not her body, sure, but her soul is. Up there the stars are a great big field. And look, she's running so fast - godamn, look at her go."

i then added two regular pockets after seam ripping the fake ones - why do they even put fake pockets on these - and two inner pockets using the shape of the upper pocket as a guide. one of them is embroidered with quotes from a post by turboennui on here about Laika, the first dog in space sent from Russia

photo of the inside of the vest where you can see the grey hood is attached to the inner collar by six black buttons

then i added a detachable hood taken from an old sweatshirt, which is attached to the vest via six buttons. i get anxious when i don't have a hood on my clothes, so if i don't wear this vest over a sweatshirt, i still have the option to have more comfort

digital drawing i did of my plan for the back panel of the vest. it shows a bunch of curling black ferns in the foreground, a large moth in/on them, and behind them all is a night sky full of colorful planets, stars, and meteors.
photo of the beginnings of my embroidery of the back panel - a single curling fern, sewn with black thread on black fabric

yesterday, i planned out and began embroidering the back panel. it will be a detachable piece of black fabric from an old button up shirt, connected only with safety pins so i don't have to commit to a theme and instead have multiple artworks to swap out. this one is a few black ferns and a pale blue moth (type undecided) atop a starry night sky background

if you guys have any ideas of stuff to add or embroider, or tips for making a denim vest in general, comments are greatly appreciated! ill post another update once the vest is finished

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