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one of my favorite things on my battle vest is basically a kandi single, but instead of tying the ends together i tied them to safety pins and pinned it on my jacket

Some stuff I have on my vest and pants are:

The shoelace part of shoes (like cut the whole shoelace thing off of the shoe)

Buttons (like actual buttons or pin buttons)

Keychains/charms

Leather bracelet that I cut and sewed onto my pants

Monster/pop tabs (you can sew them on or you can make a pop tab chain)

If you use lighters I made a lighter case out of a barbie doll and attached it to my pants

Zippers and pockets

Chains and spikes (a lot of them)

Tips:

You can use fishing line or dental floss as thread because it is stronger (if you use fishing line, either make sure the knot is on the outside or put hot glue over the knot cause the knot will scratch your skin)

Make sure to sew your patches on the right way cause if not your patches can fray and start to fall apart

There are also tutorials and tips on youtube!

Try to think outside of the box! Add anything you like

Patch Ideas:

Etsy has a huge selection of patches you can buy or get inspo from!

My friend made me a patch with a match striker sewed onto it

@Strawberry_BroStrider: so basically the Barbie I used was one of those cheap plastic ones that have a hollow torso. I took off the limbs and cut a lighter sized hole in the neck just big enough so it doesn't fall out (so the lighter slides in the neck hole and sits inside the torso). Then I attached some chains to each shoulder and attached it to a keychain! I also gave mine nipple piercings and a belly button piercing and some tattoos. I hope this makes sense lol

@z_b0n3_r0tt_z: that's so cool!!!!! weird as shit in a cool as shit way

Pins (button, enamel), old-t-shirts, hand painted band patches

just make sure it's mostly band stuff & not super political !