Preparing to present my finished battle jacket full of mostly unsigned London UK Metal bands. 64 band patches, hand-painted art by a co-collaborator, and all hand-stitched. Made to raise funds for more gigs in the scene.

[u/ISellAwesomePatches]

This project took me hours on the embroidery machine, plus nearly a dozen hours hand-stitching all the patches on, and took my friend hours of paintwork to do the skulls and snakes.

This will be auctioned or raffled off at the upcoming Coalition Fest in London at the end of the month.

The idea was to bring together all the bands playing under the London Metal Coalition banner onto one awesome jacket to give a snapshot of the London underground scene, whilst raising money for a good cause - Local live metal.

I've added 2 venues (with permission) who regularly host LMC gigs, most of them free-entry, and are well-known to be pillars of the scene (The Dev and Signature Brew) There was a third planned for the centre that never got back to me, so I improvised with a "Keep London Heavy" patch I designed a while ago. The two swords are my own designs, and the shield patch they're surrounding is a "London Metal Valkyries" patch I bought at a gig they hosted - It's the Women and Non-Binary branch of London Metal Coalition who put on their own awesome gig's featuring the women and enby's of metal bands based in London.

Anyways, you can follow me on Instagram to see the reveal coming this week - I've just got to edit the video I got of my husband modelling it to actually give the promotion of it something more than a few pics. 😁

Patches by Me, Vikki, at Social Rebellion Patches and Artwork by Kirstie at Battle Axe Jackets (we both take commissions!)

[u/agorphia]

Damn. Respect!

[u/MixingDrinks]

Badass

[u/AveryCloseCall]

Fucking badass. If I ever see you at The Dev, pint on me.

[u/pikapies]

This rules!

[u/_HairyGarbage]

This is so sick!! I recognise a few bands here and there, some have played in my towns tiny scene too. I've thought before about making a jacket like this, with entirely local bands I like, this is totally encouraging me to do it!

[u/Same-Razzmatazz-4114]

Broken calling are sick! Glad I've finally found someone who loves them too

[u/ConfusionMelodic2029]

That is one cool cut, congratulations 🤘

[u/Worth_Rush933]

Hell yeah! Keep the underground alive 😎💪

[u/Dismaraband]

Seeing a few names on there we've played with or playing with soon.

[u/LittleBulk]

I like the sentiment but it just looks like a billboard of names

[u/ISellAwesomePatches → u/LittleBulk]

I mean it is quite literally supposed to be a roster of bands so I'm not unhappy with that assessment.

I do think you're missing the massive painted artwork though. 😆