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A friend asked me if I could make her the Slytherin Crest from Harry Potter for her Halloween costume, so I figured this could be a chance to put up the steps on how I make patches. You can also use these steps to paint right onto jeans or a denim jacket, you just don't cut it out as a patch ((An example of a 'patch' right on the jacket can be seen here: [link] ))

Tools needed
-Pencil
-Piece of denim
-Flat board
-Pins
-Gesso (optional)
-Paint: Acrylics (fabric paint works too)
-Mat knife (or small scissors)

Patch Making - By DeltaVT
1. Get your design (in this case I already had one: the Slytherin Crest)
2. Get a piece of denim (you can cut from an old jacket, jeans, etc)
3. Stretch and pin the denim piece to a flat board (I just used an old painting canvas)
4. Coat the denim in a layer of gesso, or a few layers of titanium white
5. Sketch design in pencil after the gesso dries.
6. Outline the sketch (with brush or paintpen)
7. Start with the base colors
8. Add detail.
9. Use mat knife and / or scissors to cut the patch out
10. (Optional) Paint the back a solid color. (I went with black)

Notes:
2. .... this piece was from a pair of short shorts I bought... but never wore. I don't know why I got them, I don't even wear regular shorts

4. You can use more than 1 layer of gesso, each layer will just make it thicker, or you don't have to use the gesso at all. I just find it easier to see the sketch with the layer of white.

5. If you have an original sketch that's to scale you can trace and transfer the basic outlines then touch it up. I transferred the basic outline and shield because I needed it to be a certain size. Would have done it all but the helm and the swirly things didn't come out right so I had to sketch those and fix the snake

6. Do this first because as you paint the sketch will smudge, you can always touch it up at the end. Paintpen works, but I like using the brush. Really small flat square brush, very little black paint and dot a line. It's rather tedious... but I just like doing it. (for this one I used a toothpick for the small curves and letters)

Description
A friend asked me if I could make her the Slytherin Crest from Harry Potter for her Halloween costume, so I figured this could be a chance to put up the steps on how I make patches. You can also use these steps to paint right onto jeans or a denim jacket, you just don't cut it out as a patch ((An example of a 'patch' right on the jacket can be seen here: [link] ))

Tools needed
-Pencil
-Piece of denim
-Flat board
-Pins
-Gesso (optional)
-Paint: Acrylics (fabric paint works too)
-Mat knife (or small scissors)

Patch Making - By DeltaVT
1. Get your design (in this case I already had one: the Slytherin Crest)
2. Get a piece of denim (you can cut from an old jacket, jeans, etc)
3. Stretch and pin the denim piece to a flat board (I just used an old painting canvas)
4. Coat the denim in a layer of gesso, or a few layers of titanium white
5. Sketch design in pencil after the gesso dries.
6. Outline the sketch (with brush or paintpen)
7. Start with the base colors
8. Add detail.
9. Use mat knife and / or scissors to cut the patch out
10. (Optional) Paint the back a solid color. (I went with black)

Notes:
2. .... this piece was from a pair of short shorts I bought... but never wore. I don't know why I got them, I don't even wear regular shorts

4. You can use more than 1 layer of gesso, each layer will just make it thicker, or you don't have to use the gesso at all. I just find it easier to see the sketch with the layer of white.

5. If you have an original sketch that's to scale you can trace and transfer the basic outlines then touch it up. I transferred the basic outline and shield because I needed it to be a certain size. Would have done it all but the helm and the swirly things didn't come out right so I had to sketch those and fix the snake

6. Do this first because as you paint the sketch will smudge, you can always touch it up at the end. Paintpen works, but I like using the brush. Really small flat square brush, very little black paint and dot a line. It's rather tedious... but I just like doing it. (for this one I used a toothpick for the small curves and letters)