Here's the back of it after many many years of wear (at least ten I think). This was an image from a vintage Vera Neuman calendar kitchen towel. So it was already old fabric, from 1968, and it was a towel, so a different sort of fiber and weave compared to the tightly woven smooth batiks. So it wore away over the years and washings. I think it looks kind of cool, but I can see why she'd want it fixed up since the rest of the jacket is in great shape. Turns out those batiks can stand up to a lot of wash and wear.
The solution is to replace the central image on the back of the jacket with this beautiful handkerchief she bought on her trip to Australia a few years ago. It's the perfect colors and goes really well with the batik patterns. It's a bit thin so i'm going to put a fusible stabilizer of some kind underneath it and then stitch it down right over the deteriorated strawberry image.
Too bad about the strawberry. I think it looks kind of cool as is as well. The handkerchief is also wonderful, though. New era. New look.
ReplyDeleteA new look for an old jacket that still looks fairly new. Those batiks are really good for wearability.
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