Making an Ace Jacket - getting started.

Making a Doctor Who Ace jacket.

I am putting together my Ace cosplay. Clothing wise it's fairly straightforward - I have a few of the bits I need already, but the jacket is obviously the main thing.

So here you can follow my project along and see how I've approached it. Read on to follow my progress in photos.

Getting Started

Here are two very valuable resources.

At the link below you can find a detailed breakdown of the badges, pins and patches. This is immensely helpful:

http://warmcanofcoke.livejournal.com/637.html

It also identified the jacket as an MA-1 bomber jacket. These are easy to come by - they are normally in sizes small and up, I did spot some some manufacturers offering an XS, but they were not in stock when I tried to order, so I went with the S. I am a UK size 10-12, the small feels big, but I am also not used to wearing over-sized bomber jackets! I have been wearing it out and about for the last few weeks, and like this jacket so much now that I may buy another, non patched one, to wear at other times. It's so warm and practical, and has lots of pockets - it was a relief to have it to hand when my car broke down on a very cold night!

The second place which will be invaluable is Spoonflower  - you can order some of the more obscure or impossible to find patches on here. They also have the Ace applique for the back of the jacket. I have also been working on one, but struggling with the image editing for the "Ce" part.

You will need:

• Fabric glue
• Decent scissors
• An iron
• Sheet of iron on fabric - like wonder web  but stronger- this is for any patches you have printed that need the backing reinforced.
• Safety pins
• MA-1 bomber jacket
• Ebay - to search for the patches that can be bought