Well this has been a fair time in the making, but my son’s smile makes it worth it.
I picked up this fantastic thick fleece jacket from an op shop, mistakenly believing that the initials on the front were from his school, and therefore it would make a great uniform piece for him for the winter. What I didn’t realise is that printed across the back was the word “coach” in large white heat bonded letters. Turns out the jacket was a sporting team jacket rather than a high school one. Still, I wasn’t willing to waste such a good find.
To the rescue came my sister. Her newly discovered hobby is appliqué, and combined with her impressive artistic skill (yeah babe …. but I don’t sound like a strangled duck when I sing . :p ) she is a font of possible graphics. So I put in a request, to make me a patch that I could put over the words on the back.
And to the rescue she came ….. with a design which is not only original, but also wonderfully appealing to a teenage boy (so much so that he wants to risk detention to wear it to school). I have to say, at first I was daunted. I had never appliquéd before, and figuring out how to get this design onto the jacket was testing me. With a bit of advice from Tam, I dove in.
Close up of my first ever satin stitch
I have a very happy boy, who wants to wear something I have made. And that makes me a happy mum.
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