Couture Military Jacket DIY
Upstyle a basic blazer into a beautiful couture military style jacket with very little sewing.
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You'll Need
Black blazer
Heavy black fabric (cotton twill)
E-6000 Fabri-fuse
Allure Metallic Gold Dimensional Design Adhesive Paint (or gold puff paint)
Scissors
Gold buttons
Gold Ribbon
Needle and thread
Make the Gold "embroidered" Feathers
Trace the pattern on the black fabric and draw a line down the center
Fill in the feather with the Allure Metallic Gold and let dry
*You'll need approximately 14 feathers
Apply the Feathers and Buttons
Remove the buttons from the blazer (the cuff, too)
Press the lapel flat with an iron
Cut out the feathers and figure out the placement on the jacket
Glue on the feathers with E-6000 Fabri-fuse and let dry
Using needle and thread, stitch on the buttons at the base of each feather
Apply gold ribbon to the cuff with more Fabri-fuse