My craziest DIY project: A cyberpunk bomber jacket

It’s been quite a while since I came across cyberpunk clothing—like jackets and pants—on Pinterest. I fell head over heels in love with it right away.

Sewing the jacket would have been the easiest part if I hadn’t had any special requests for my sewing project again. So, same as always! 😀

The hardest part was finding graphics that I liked for the jacket. It took forever. I wanted it to be perfect. I feel like I bought 100 graphics just to find the right ones for me.

I used black nylon for the outer fabric. The red lining is just regular lining fabric. Since bomber jackets are always very bulky, I added a thick layer of batting between the two fabrics.

I found a pattern for a bomber jacket on Etsy. I cut out the entire pattern. Then I had to measure and cut out the pockets, which I really wanted to have.

The next step was to choose which of the many graphics I wanted to put on the jacket. Since I wanted graphics on every piece, it took quite a while to plan that part. Then I took all the fabric pieces and a USB drive to my shop, which had printed on fabric for me before. I had to have the pieces printed before I could start sewing.

Here’s the jacket and all its fancy features 😀

To keep the batting from slipping inside the jacket, I simply sewed lines along the sleeves and front panels of the lining. But on the back panel, I sewed on some graphics that are printed on the outside. ❤

Try scanning the QR code on the label! It’s not just a picture 😀

The right sleeve

The left sleeve has a pocket.

You’ll actually never see this jacket like this. If you look closely, you’ll notice that there are D-rings attached to the four stripes on the front of the jacket.

I bought this font specifically for this jacket. I wanted something futuristic. In case anyone’s interested, it’s called T-012.

I used white nylon for the front pocket. It opens at the top, but it also has a pocket on the back where you can put your wallet, for example. Just like the QR code, the barcode also has special meaning for me. ❤

Here you can see what the four strips with the D-rings were for! I attached small carabiners to the corners of the front pocket. These are used to attach the pocket to the jacket.

For this zipper pull, I ordered a thin rubber mat and had it printed with my graphic.

This is what the jacket looks like from the front.

Now let’s move on to the back of the jacket. I sewed a pocket directly onto it.

But not just any bag!!!

This bag has three compartments. The two outer ones can be opened and closed with a zipper—even while you’re wearing the jacket. That’s because the zippers are on both outer sides. I designed it that way on purpose so that when I go out to play, I can always have drinks with me and keep my hands free to play. To make it easier to see, I put bottles in both outer pockets 🙂

Here you can see why I absolutely had to have this font. It just looks cool.

The funny thing is, it doesn’t say “Elly”—it says “Ellx.” I liked the letter ‘x’ better than the “y” 😀

And here is the entire back of the jacket. All that time spent planning and preparing was worth it. I love this jacket. It’s even warm enough for winter—unless the temperature is close to freezing. ❤

My own sewing Masterpiece – a jacket

When I started working in the laboratory I shared my office with a co-worker. Over the years she became my favorite because she always has been calm when it has been stress at work and I could always talk with her when I had problems.

We even had the same habit to be very picky in all we do hihi

Now she retired 😦

Of course she got a departing gift when she left but I wanted to make her something special.

She loves to wear jackets all the time. I asked her if she would like to have a new one made by me and she said yes 🙂

I made a lot of photos from all fabrics suitable for jackets in my fabric store.

She choosed “her” fabric and I started my first jacket in my sewing course. Lets say it straight, without help in my course I couldnt have made it!

A jacket with “her” fabric only would have been too boring. So I added some black woolen to it.

For cutting the fabric I needed 3 saturdays!!! I wanted the pattern be perfect.

Yes I’m picky hihi 😀

To make this jacket needed way more time then I expected but it was worth all this time.

I call this jacket my Masterpiece ❤ ❤ ❤

I’m still missing you at work Misses H. 🙂

Jacket 2

Jacket 1

On the next photos you can see why I needed 3 sewing courses to cut the fabric!

Jacket sleeve

Jacket back

Jacket collar

See my sewing course results :)

In most of my posts I write about going every saturday to my sewing course.

But I only showed in the beginning what I have sewn. The apron and the loop I made at home.

Today I will show you WHAT I made in my course.

My first sewing course day has been september 28th. Now we are end of march and I finished this saturday the 3rd piece for myself. All other things I made so far has been for friends and family. Can you believe it?

Unfortunality I didnt made photos from all the things I’ve done. I asked my god child to get photos of the middle age cape I made for her. She needed this cape for her final examination. We didnt wanted to buy a ready-made cape because they didnt looked so good. So I bought dark green woolen, and sew it in my course.

Here are 2 photos:

Cape 1 Cape 2

The cape isnt to long. It was made for her model which is 1 or 2 inches larger then Sonja. Unfortunality you cant see the beautyful dark green here. It seems dark grey. I even bought a brooch to make it more middle age authentic.

Here are 2 jackets I made for myself 🙂

They are not perfekt, but I started both in october. Today I’m better with the seams hehe

The red jacket has been planned for the Advent season lol. The flannel inside is with Rudolph.

The grey jacket is with my much-loved dots and my fav color. I’m sure this jacket will get one of my favorite 🙂

Sweat 1

Sweat 2

Sweat 3