For the patches i used regular white cotton fabric you can get from any draper's shop available by the meter. To give the thin material an additional strength and to make it more easy to paint on it and to sew it on later i put a layer of felt fabric to it (that felt material that you can iron on onto the cotton fabric's back). After making the layout of the patches on the jacket on paper sheets i traced the drawings to the cotton pieces on a light table. Then adding some stencil spray parts first using regular spray paint. Most of the rest of the designs are handpainted with acrylics and brushes. This won't last for any washing in a washing machine... but you shouldn't ever wash a denim or leather jacket at all! So then there is this little "magic" to give the whole thing a more "vintage" and "used" look. Before sewing the patches to the jacket i put them into a bowl of hot strong black tea. You can also put some little drops of black acrylic to the tea water. Let it soak for 20 minutes. Also put some more dirt spots on the patches with some cold coffee after the patches have dried from the black tea. The tea soak will also crumble the cotton material and frazzle the edges of the patches. Last but not least i sew the patches to the jacket with tea-soaked sewing cotton. Stitching through that god-damn leather until my fingers bled... Worth the pain. Lucky you if you're still living at your Mom's house so she could help you out on this...
