{"id":1645,"date":"2018-01-12T20:47:25","date_gmt":"2018-01-13T01:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artik.com\/toronto-blog\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2025-09-25T05:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T09:01:21","slug":"people-making-custom-embroidered-jackets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artik.com\/toronto-blog\/people-making-custom-embroidered-jackets\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2728 Meet Seven Artists Embroidering their own Jackets \u2728"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s this pretty awesome trend right now, you’ll see it on Instagram and Reddit and anywhere that artists get together online. People are embroidering their own custom jackets<\/strong> with designs that they love, both for passion and to make a profit.<\/p>

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Ancient Greek embroidery. Image courtesy The Gutenberg Project<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>

Of course embroidery isn’t a new trend, the first embroidery machine was invented in 1846 and the first embroidery (that we know of) was done in 30,000 BC.<\/p>

In recent years, hand embroidered custom jackets have made a major comeback as an expression of art and just a craft to do while watching Netflix. We’ve seen some incredible custom embroidered jacket projects across the Internet. Here are a few favourites:<\/p>

Wildflower Embroidered Jacket by mika379<\/a><\/strong><\/p>

This custom embroidered jacket is an ode to that awesome Avalanches album, Wildflower<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. This jacket takes a simple, iconic album cover and turns it into a stunning work of embroidered art.<\/p>

Wildflower Jacket DIY<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>