I saw a scan from a Japanese magazine where a blue blazer had patchwork panels applied to the lapels and pockets and decided to try something similar. I had a small collection of fabric scraps from old jeans, a denim shirt, some swatches of Japanese indigo fabric, some Guatemalan ikat, a bit of a blackwatch tie, and a bandana that my wife made during college. I spent the last few days stitching the scraps together and then to the jacket.