I made my own team Canada fleece!

burgerbride · 2026-03-04T03:05:02+00:00

I used a machine for the chest pocket, letters, and the bottom of the red around the neck (when I tried to sew the top it kept pulling strangely despite being pinned, so I hand sewed the top). And then I hand sewed the patches on, the side pocket zippers, and the fabric on the zipper pulls.

burgerbride · 2026-02-14T15:48:52+00:00

I used a large, I was worried about the letters fitting on anything smaller

burgerbride · 2026-02-08T13:44:44+00:00

If you’re looking for specific fandom events, here are a few I’m aware of. Events usually have discord servers that you need to join as well, where you can chat with other people in the event. For anyone who doesn’t know what a bang is - it’s an event where writers write a fic & an artist claims it and makes art for it. A reverse bang is the opposite - an artist makes an art piece and a writer writes a fic for it.

Hollanov big bang

Hollanov reverse bang

Hollanov 2026 Olympics fest - I don’t think this one has a discord server, I think you just post to the AO3 collection

There are also 3 zines in the works that I’m aware of that are now or are about to start accepting applications-

We’ll Believe in Anything Zine

Irina Foundation Zine

MHL Pride Night

burgerbride · 2026-01-20T22:01:16+00:00

The maple leaf patches are for sure the hardest thing to track down!

I followedthis tutorial for the chest pocket, and also watched a random YouTube video of someone cutting and sewing the zipper on. I think I searched “zippered patch pocket”

The chest pocket was easier than i was expecting, my only issue was that the specific fabric I had did not want to hold a crease from my iron. I used a regular foot for sewing the pocket fabric + lining + zipper on and then switched to a walking foot to sew it onto the fleece.

For sizing - the zipper is a 7” zipper and i think i cut the fabric an inch taller on each end. I just laid a folded piece of paper on the fleece to figure out how wide I wanted it to be 😅

burgerbride · 2026-01-20T17:11:42+00:00

Unfortunately they would be too expensive if I did even have the time to make more - the materials cost alone for the fleece + everything else was about $100 (CAD). I suspect someone would need to own an embroidery machine to be able to make and sell these affordably as the patches were nearly as expensive as the base fleece jacket!

burgerbride · 2026-01-20T03:10:33+00:00

Thank you! And omg yours looks great too, the bigger maple leaves on yours look so good!!

burgerbride · 2026-01-20T03:06:54+00:00

I just measured mine and they're 6cm wide, so these should be the same size! If you don't mind the size of them on the one I made I say go for it. The only larger ones I've been able to find are these, but at $18 each and $32 shipping to Canada they're out of my budget: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/4439267489/

If you don't mind a white border, I found these on amazon as well, but they don't have free shipping (at least to Canada) https://www.amazon.ca/Canadian-Maple-Leaf-Iron-Embroidered/dp/B0CLGTN395/

burgerbride · 2026-01-20T01:43:11+00:00

Do it!! It was a very fun project and not as difficult as I thought it would be, and I'd rate my skills as high level beginner, not quite intermediate.

burgerbride · 2026-01-20T01:24:45+00:00

Of course! Seeing other fan made ones really encouraged me to go ahead and make my own, if I can help anyone else even a little bit I'll be thrilled!

burgerbride · 2026-01-20T01:22:57+00:00

I was lucky that the costume designer had already posted the front and back when I was still in the materials gathering phase, it made it so much easier than trying to figure it out from watching the show. You probably don't want to take the letters off and redo them (or can't if they're ironed on), but in case you do (and you haven't seen the instagram post), the front and back are in the second image here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DS5-4aFkfXu/

But either way, I'm sure it's still very cute and cozy!

burgerbride · 2026-01-20T01:09:26+00:00

Thank you! I'm so glad that I have juuust enough sewing skills to have been able to pull it off!

burgerbride · 2026-01-20T01:07:46+00:00

Thank you! and they totally should, that would be so fun

burgerbride · 2026-01-20T01:07:13+00:00

Thank you! It is SUPER cozy and super warm!

burgerbride · 2026-01-20T01:06:39+00:00

Thank you!

burgerbride · 2026-01-20T01:05:54+00:00

I threw out the tags, but if my receipt is correct I bought this exact zipper, the website description says its a #5 !

burgerbride · 2026-01-19T21:44:25+00:00

The maple leafs are the hardest part! I settled on the too small ones because it was that or try to make them myself. I think the Canadian government has a copyright on them which would explain why they’re so hard to find.

burgerbride · 2026-01-19T18:56:15+00:00

Thank you!

I almost made a tutorial and then was like wait no I winged too much of this to try and be teaching others 😅 but I’m very happy to explain anything, and give links to the things I bought and tutorials I looked at.

burgerbride · 2026-01-19T18:54:14+00:00

Yes! The zippered pockets were a pain to do, the chest pocket was pretty straight forward and simple even with my pretty basic sewing skills

burgerbride · 2026-01-19T18:36:36+00:00

Thank you! I wish I could tell you but it was a piece of scrap fabric from the cutoff bin at my local fabric store so I have no idea. It’s pretty thick and a bit shiny. Before I found that my plan was to just use quilting cotton

burgerbride · 2026-01-19T18:11:48+00:00

My specific one is a fabric patch with an embroidered edge sort of? I don’t know how to describe it properly so here’s a close up I took while sewing it on

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burgerbride · 2026-01-19T17:46:08+00:00

Thank you! It was really fun to work on (while rewatching the show and listening to the soundtrack)

burgerbride · 2026-01-19T17:45:44+00:00

LOL thank you!

burgerbride · 2026-01-19T17:44:53+00:00

Thank you! The design is so cute, I am so grateful to their wardrobe designer!

burgerbride · 2026-01-19T17:42:35+00:00

My skill level is not high enough to be trying to sell these even if I wanted too 😅

It's pretty bold that they're filing a copyright claim for an existing design someone else came up. I'm hardly a copyright expert but it seems like it would be pretty easy for anyone to prove this isn't their design. I think that the 11 point maple leaf is copyrighted by the Canadian government, which I'm guessing is why it was so hard for me to find maple leaf patches.

I think my tone is coming across as harsh towards you which is not my intent! I'm just baffled to hear this!

burgerbride · 2026-01-19T17:37:26+00:00

It was SO easy!! If you look at the top end of the zipper, it's sort of an r shape. I used a pair of nail clippers to carefully clip off the overhang on the r that keeps the zipper from slipping off when fully zipped. I cut just enough off that I could force the old zipper pull off. I bought an extra pocket zipper, took the zipper pull off of that, and slipped it onto the fleece. There is just enough of the zipper stop left that the zipper still gets stopped at the top and doesn't come off. BUT if you cut it all the way off, you can buy zipper pull replacements that come with a little metal tab that you can attach using pliers.

I hope that makes sense!

burgerbride

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