Custom Denim Jacket

I have had this vintage Levi's jacket for a few years now, it was discovered when my mum and I cleared a few things at my grandad's place. It's in such a good condition that I had to keep it, however I already had one so marked this for a DIY project! It's taken me forever to settle on an idea, at first I wanted to add a massive embroidery piece, this became too ambitious with the amount of spare time I have to actually work on things. So that idea was scrapped.

Before: a plain vintage denim jacket

This year I discovered Cricut. When I say discovered, I mean I finally started using the products I have heard about at work for ages! It's safe to say I'm hooked! With Cricut and Design Space you can truly make something different. Starting with card making, I made a few cards for birthdays around the office. I then got to use the Cricut Maker to create a few projects for the Hobbycraft Blog, and then a few Christmas projects. Whilst I had the machine though, I thought I would add a sassy slogan to the back of my Jacket!

Using Design Space to find images and create my design, I picked out some beautiful Iron-On Foils, Glitter and Vinyls. The machine cuts your design so precisely and I find it so much fun to weed out the negatives of the vinyl.

Layering the glitter and foil vinyls

Layering the different materials was tricky, time consuming and something I had never done before. I used the Cricut EasyPress 2 to iron on everything in layers, following their handy online guide for help!

Layering the flower design on the front

Layering the flower design on the back

After an hour or so of pressing and waiting for the layers to cool, I was done and so impressed with how it turned out that I wore it into work on Monday!

After: A sassy slogan custom denim jacket