Iron-On Tutorial: Ouran High Jacket

First, let me start off by saying that if you haven’t watched the Ouran High School Host Club, then get to watching. It is utterly ridiculous, and definitely in my top five favorite anime of all time.

Ok, in case you don’t have time to binge watch an anime right now, I’ll give you a brief overview. Basically, Haruhi gets gum stuck in her hair, and has to cut it all off right before she transfers to a new high school. Because of her short hair everyone thinks she is a boy, a very pretty boy. This gets her a ticket to join the host club where girls will pay ridiculous amounts of money to spend time with their “dream guy.”

I don’t have much time left before I just absolutely don’t have short hair anymore, so I wanted to fit another easy cosplay that didn’t require a wig in before that happened. When I found a suit jacket at the thrift store for $6 that was exactly the same color as the Ouran High school uniforms I knew it was destiny. The only thing needed to complete the jacket was the school crest.

Iron-on details are so easy to make with fusible interfacing, and I actually took photos of the process like a good blogger should. So here it is, check out the steps below to help you create your very own, custom, iron-on patch.

Materials needed:

• Fabric (Make sure it won’t melt when exposed to heat!)
• Fusible interfacing (such as Heat’n’bond)
• Paper for pattern
• Iron
• Scissors
• Marker/Pencil

Step 1: Sketch out a pattern. Make sure it is outlined in something that is easy to see all the details. Make this as detailed as possible, especially if you are going to be doing more than one layer. I sketched my design out in pencil, and once I was happy with it I outlined it with permanent marker.

Step 2: Cut out the pattern.

Step 3: Use the pattern to draw an outline on the fusible interfacing. Make sure to put the pattern facing down if your pattern is not symmetrical. Mark the layer with a number if your pattern involves more than one layer.

Step 4: Trim your pattern down to the next layer. Repeat steps two, three, and four until you have traced all layers onto your fusible interfacing.

Step 5 (optional): I tend to mess up if I don’t make notes, so I took a moment to write the color I needed for each layer on the piece with that outline. Below, you can see that I have each layer lined up with the layer number and color of fabric. At this point, I do not recommend cutting out the outline; it is easier to do this with the fabric.

Step 6: Iron on each piece of interfacing to the appropriate fabric color by following the instructions for your interfacing of choice. Once you have done this, cut out the shape.

Step 7: Peel the backing off of the layers, and iron them on from the top layer to the bottom layer.  If you start from the bottom up, you have to make sure to put it on the garment first, and I like to see what it looks like before it is on my clothing. When it is finished it will look like an iron on patch.

Step 8: Iron the patch onto the desired surface.

Step 9 (optional): My jacket didn’t take to the fuse-on interfacing well, so I used my sewing machine to go around the edge of the crest. This way, I know it isn’t going anywhere.

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