Several years ago I was in a thrift store looking for a denim jacket. I found one for me but I also found another one that was very well constructed but not in my size. I bought it anyway because it was a really nice jacket and I knew I would eventually find someone to give it to.
This month Janome is putting free embroidery designs on their website daily Monday thru Friday. One of their free designs was a
skull.
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| Skull from Janome Website |
I don't like skulls but this one appealed to me because of all the colors in it. I thought this would look great on the back of this jacket. I asked the recipient if she would like to have it stitched on her jacket and she yes.
How I Did It
I was a little nervous about stitching it directly on the jacket back because of the flat felled seam running down the middle of it. I had embroidered on a similar jacket in the past so I decided to go for it.
It didn't work out so well. I am not a digitizer but I have gotten pretty good at recognizing a well digitized design an IMHO this was not one of them. The design digitizing is pretty good. Anyway I decided to stop the stitch out directly on the jacket and do a patch instead.
When I tried to remove the stitches from the jacket it left a mess. I could not get all the stitches removed from the outside of the jacket and the inside of the jacket was even worse (shown below).
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| Inside of Jacket After Stitch Removal |
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| Inside of Jacket |
In my mind I was thinking I had ruined a very nice jacket. After I got over the initial panic I decide to do a patch to cover it up.
I found some scrap denim and stitched out the skull on it. After stitching it out I cut it out leaving a 1/4" seam allowance around it. I attached to the jacket back using a blanket stitch (see pictures below).
I liked how it turned out but I was not satisfied with the raw edges of the denim - I was concerned how the edges would look after a couple of washing.
I found some sparkly
premier spangle yarn in my stash and decided to do some some free motion couching with it around the edge of the skull. I used the article on
Sew4Home website to give me some pointers on using my couching foot. The instructions worked great for me.
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| Free Motion Couching with Spangle Yarn |
I was so happy with how it turn out but I still had to deal with the mess on the inside. I cut a bias piece of scrap denim and hand stitch it over the problem area. Cutting it on the bias meant I didn't have to worry about the raw edges. I decided to embellish the scrap first.
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| Bias Scrap Covering my Mess |
Conclusion
I am so pleased with the way the jacket turned out. In panic mode I almost tossed this jacket because I thought I had ruined it. I am so glad I didn't give in to my momentary panic. I hope the teenage recipient likes it as much as I do!
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