An EVEN EASIER Moto Jacket Fix!

So...still Memorial Day...still going through photos.

Found an EVEN EASIER moto jacket fix than my last post!

Here it is!

Problem: Lapels of collar sticking up with no way to lie flat.

Solution: sticky velcro! No sewing required!

I cut off two small squares of both sides of velcro. I peeled off the sticky backs. . .

Stuck the whole thing on the back of each lapel. . .

Peeled off the other side. . .

And stuck it down to the jacket.

This way the lapels stay down when you want them to. . .

And if you need them to go up, you will have these unsightly black squares, but. . .

You are probably going to wear it this way anyway!

(And if you need to zip the zipper up all the way, you can always go back to my other fix.)

(Obviously, I took these pictures back at Christmas!!!)

The End!

An Easy Way to Fix a Cheap Moto Jacket

It's Memorial Day. It's raining. My husband and I are finalizing plans for a trip to Scotland later this year, and so I am going through an old SD camera card. I came across some pictures of a blog post I never posted...so here it is!

This may never happen to you, but it may give you an idea for something else. But basically, here was my predicament: I had bought the awesome metallic red moto jacket you see below. . .

It was really cool, except for one horrible flaw: When it wasn't zipped up (like the photo above) the lapels stuck out like this:

Here is a side view. See how the collar part sticks up? Most moto jackets snap down flat, but I guess the manufacturer didn't think that detail was important.

This is what I wanted the jacket collar to do. Lie down flat.

Okay, so here's what you can do in this situation--especially if you don't have a grommet/snap tool or at least don't have one big enough.

First, I made a mark where the male part of the snap should have been. I did this on both sides.

Then, I found another jacket at a thrift store that had snaps the same size.

Perfect! Two male ends of snaps the same size as my red jacket!

I cut around each snap leaving a margin.

I didn't want the margin to be blue b/c that would conflict with the red jacket, so I "painted" them black with a Sharpie.

I glued each spot with super glue.

Then, I glued the back of each snap.

And pressed each male end into place.

I let them set for a second. Gluing them was not the fix. It was just to keep each piece in place.

With each snap in place, I took a threaded needle and then sewed them into place to assure they wouldn't come apart.

Now the jacket lies open like a normal moto jacket!

And if I want to zip the jacket all the way up, I just have to unsnap the lapels.

The End!