"Buck Rogers" jacket

I asked my grandson for some input on my next project for him. After spending a very long time looking through my vast collection of embroidery designs he finally decided on a single one: a retro looking rocketship. So we had a theme! Since I had heard my Dad many a time say, "Just like Buck Rogers" whenever he saw a new gadget or gizmo, I poked around a few places and came up with a series of designs that I hope fill the bill. "Return of the Zuggs" was a real Buck Rogers movie! The pattern is Kwik Sew's "jean jacket"; fabric is twill. Retro space print quilting cotton to line the body of the jacket. My machine balked at the buttonholes through the many thicknesses, so I created them in my embroidery software and stitched them out with the embroidery module. I could not find the typical heavier weight topstitching thread in the right colour, so I used two spools of regular thread, but threaded them as one.

PinkerPaws, member
Posted on May 19th, 2011 in garment construction, embellishments, embroidery, reader's closet, jacket topstitching embroidery boy

Comments (3)

PinkerPaws writes: Thank you both for your kind words! It was a fun project and it will soon fit my younger grandson! Lillian
Posted: 10:45 pm on June 10th

deChez writes: Beautiful work! Very nice deco. And what a brilliant idea using the embroidery module for the button holes! Thanks for that tip.
Posted: 12:07 am on June 7th