My Faux Leather Jacket Refashion

Remember my thrifted faux leather biker jacket from a Rock Star Thrifty Thursday?

Faux leather studded jacket before refashion

I wasn’t really feeling those metal studs all over the lapels and collar so I put on my thinking cap, raided my stash and came up with a cool new look that’s much more me:

faux leather biker jacket button embellishment refashion

Here’s what I did:

faux leather jacket button embellishment tutorial

I was a bit concerned about how to go about removing all of those studs.

faux leather jacket button embellishment tutorial

Luckily they weren’t rivets and I could easily twist them off with my fingers.

faux leather jacket button embellishment tutorial

Then I sifted through my stash and tried out a few different embellishment ideas before finally settling on a load of vintage buttons.

faux leather jacket button embellishment tutorial

I arranged a bunch on the jacket, painstakingly stitched them on and 4 hours later my magnificent just-my-style jacket was complete!

faux leather biker jacket button embellishment refashion

Awesome from the front

faux leather biker jacket button embellishment refashion back collar

and wicked from the back!

Whip up a personalized tee with my quick video tute:

What are your fave embellishments?

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