Calm Yourself
Another action packed day at the Hilton in Cocoa Beach for me. Had to be at work at 10AM for a couple hours of work. It went well and I headed back to Cocoa Beach around 12:30. Grabbed one of the many remaining Presidentes left in my room fridge and sat back down with this.
I bought this jacket back in Oct. of 2006 and really wasn't all that impressed with the Cobra patch on it. The jacket itself is definitely vintage, but the patches on it were definitely not. Kinda disappointing, but par for the course with eBay stuff. So I wore it a few times, but for the most part it's been in the closet.
With this current launch campaign I'll have participated in all three birds of the Block I group and now have a complete collection of all the patches. The patches are cool all by themselves, but I kinda wanted to figure something out to do with them. I decided to put them on the jacket after removing the Cobra patch. I didn't have time to do this or have it done before I left for Florida so I brought the jacket and patches with me. A week or so ago I went down to a Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft in West Melbourne to pick up some supplies to do the job myself.
Here are some close up pictures of my work. The American flag patch was on there already and I'm going to take it off and re-sew it since the hack that put it on there did it wrong. All of mine look way better and aren't sewn through both the outer layer and lining like the flag patch is and the Cobra patch was. My work isn't perfect, but I learned alot and next time it will be perfect.
And yes. Those are platypi on each of the patches. It was chosen because it's a critter that combines many different types of "technology" kinda like the WGS communication satellites. Go Wideband!
I bought this jacket back in Oct. of 2006 and really wasn't all that impressed with the Cobra patch on it. The jacket itself is definitely vintage, but the patches on it were definitely not. Kinda disappointing, but par for the course with eBay stuff. So I wore it a few times, but for the most part it's been in the closet.
With this current launch campaign I'll have participated in all three birds of the Block I group and now have a complete collection of all the patches. The patches are cool all by themselves, but I kinda wanted to figure something out to do with them. I decided to put them on the jacket after removing the Cobra patch. I didn't have time to do this or have it done before I left for Florida so I brought the jacket and patches with me. A week or so ago I went down to a Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft in West Melbourne to pick up some supplies to do the job myself.
Here are some close up pictures of my work. The American flag patch was on there already and I'm going to take it off and re-sew it since the hack that put it on there did it wrong. All of mine look way better and aren't sewn through both the outer layer and lining like the flag patch is and the Cobra patch was. My work isn't perfect, but I learned alot and next time it will be perfect.
And yes. Those are platypi on each of the patches. It was chosen because it's a critter that combines many different types of "technology" kinda like the WGS communication satellites. Go Wideband!
posted by Little Kenny at 11/21/2009 02:34:00 PM
5 Comments:
Nice work my friend! I have a "Powered By Coors" patch you can have if you feel that would be appropriate.
- Cheeselover
A little 'splaining might be in order. You call it a vintage jacket. In what respect is that, presumably it's space related, even absent the patches? We were wondering how seamstressing relates to space activities. I guess it could be called needle and thread engineering. Where is the Cobra patch, on the left shoulder? Lets have a photo of the finished product. If you'd like I can send you a gorgeous Alfa Romeo patch. The Alfas moved along pretty well too. UNOHOO.
CL: Thanks, but not sure where it would fit in.
POP: It's "vintage" in that the jacket was manufactured sometime in 60s or 70s, supposedly. It's definitely well worn, but still in good shape. The only reason it is associated with space at this point is because I put three space related patches on it. The Cobra patch originally was where the large purple ringed patch is now. It is no longer anywhere on the jacket.
As to how seamstressing relates to space activities most of the thermal blankets that protect the satellites are handsewn.
Thanks. Didn't think you'd be interested in the Alfa patch, just giving you the business.
Yahoo!!!!!! Saw it go off and heard when final separation occurred. Have a good trip home. Luv, Dad and Mom.
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