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.
2 comments:
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.
A new look for an old jacket that still looks fairly new. Those batiks are really good for wearability.
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