Patching

I learned about decorative & reparative patching from crust pants, but I wouldn't say I'm really aligned with a particular subculture. I just patch the clothes that I have with what I've got! My friends and I trade patches we've made and found and sometimes sew together which is super fun. I'd say some of them are more punk than me so I'd say I'm sort of loosly aligned with that crowd.

The patches I've made are a mix of linocuts, embroidery, and mostly acrylic or some fabric paint. I freehand most of my stuff, but some lettering is stenciled.


Selected Images

Four patches, one reading 'if you are unwilling to tolerate trans existence I will make your life intolerable,' the second reading 'Vampires Will Never Hurt You,' the third reading 'radio isn't dead,' and the fourth is just an illustration of three teeth.
Some of the first patches I sewed on this pair of jeans! The trans one is a sweatermuppet patch
Three patches, the first is a linocut of a boxcutter, the second is a linocut of a fat hairy stomach in jeans reading 'CUNT' backwards, and a third embroidered one reading 'HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE NOW'.
If you're considering a patch that says cunt on it, don't put it on your knee at small child height
Three patches, the largest reading 'JUST DIG ME A GRAVE IN YOUR FAMILY PLOT', a second reading 'FAGS & DYKES FOR TRANS RIGHTS,' and a third small one just reading 'STAY.'
The largest patch is a lyric from the Viv & Riley song "The General." I can't remember the artist's name who made the yellow one.
Two patches, one that says 'kill your television' and one that is a small fish that says 'sharps.'
my beautiful son SHARPS
Side view of a leg on a pair of jeans, with several patches. The main 4 visible are one that reads 'WHERE MEN BECOME GODS,' one that's the Bastille logo triangle, one that reads 't4t', and one that reads 'YOUR NEW LIFE WILL COST YOU YOUR OLD ONE.'
I LOVE TRANSITIONING!!!!!!!!
The fly on a pair of jeans with embroidery reading 'SEVEN INCHES OF SATANIC PANIC'. SATANIC PANIC is stitched in red while the rest is in black.
LUCKY YOU
A patch on a pair of black jeans that reads 'AND BABY I AIN'T NO LIAR I WALK STREETS OF FIRE' from the Bruce Springsteen song.
mom's favorite song
A patch on the back of a brown jacket reading 'Shakesqueer in the Park: Macbeth 2024'
Macbeth production patch from my best friend's theater troupe!!!!
A light green jacket repaired with red embroidery thread on the cuffs and in a little heart on the sleeve. There's a patch on the pocket reading 'this elevator only goes up to ten', the MCR lyric.
visible mending
The back right pocket of a pair of jeans, with two repairs/patches, one reading 'rough surf on the coast' and one embroidery reading 'SAD, WELL, THERE'S OTHER RHYTHM GUITARISTS.'
they dropped frank into the freaking volcano
A black antique timer.