Fallout Nuka Cola Denim Jacket Cross Stitch by Lord Libidan

Title: Fallout Nuka Cola Denim Jacket
Date Completed: March – May 2025
Design: Lord Libidan
Count: 14
Canvas: Denim Jacket
Designs: 3
Colors: 21
Video Game Series: Fallout

I had just finished my Fallout overencumbered cross stitch and had posted it on the blog, and someone reached out. Not unusual, it happens a lot, but Silas and I kicked it off. I was stitching my Fallout please stand by cross stitch at the time, and Silas shared his Fallout project, a denim jacket.
At first, I just thought it was awesome, but the more they shared, the more I got into the idea of stitching a Nuka Cola denim jacket.

The thing that really hit it for me was a PipBoy on the left wrist, which I felt was just perfect! So I started a plan to put the whole thing together.
However, it had been a long time since I’d stitched on anything but aida, so I also started stitched up my Star Wars Imperial and Resistance logo cross stitch caps, using two different types of cross stitch fabrics to test which I liked the best. Whilst the vinyl aida was far easier to stitch on, and resulted in nicer actual stitches, it just looked wrong, so I decided on using waste canvas for the whole thing.

So this is where I started planning out the design. The first thing I knew I wanted to stitch was the PipBoy 3000 I had seen on Silas’ jacket, so I found the same pattern on Etsy. There were actually others too, from other Fallout games, but the Fallout 3 PipBoy 3000 is the best in my mind, and I really think it went well with the second thing I decided; using a black denim jacket.

I made a few tiny changes to the pattern, but it’s 99% the same as ChocoCocoStitch’s.
I also super struggled with removing the waste canvas on this one, so I researched it a little more and put together a guide on how to use and remove waste canvas, just in case others have the same issues!

Title: Fallout Pip-Boy 3000
Date Completed: April 2025
Design: Lord Libidan & ChocoCocoStitch
Count: 14
Canvas: Denim Jacket
Colours: 12
Video Game Series: Fallout

There were two things in particular that the black denim jacket was decided on for. The first was that I wanted it to show up the stitching more starkly, but I also wanted it to look a bit like the leather Tunnel Snakes jackets in-game.
But did I just want to do Tunnel Snakes? Neh, it’s been done.
There is also a black jacket for The Atom Cats, which is also an awesome design, but that’s been done too.
So I settled on something else; something I had always loved in the Fallout games; a Nuka Cola denim jacket.

Now, this is far from the first time I’ve done a Fallout cross stitch, but I’d never explored Nuka Cola in a way I really liked. But then I remembered the truly awesome Nuka Cola Quantum advert from my best Fallout cross stitches. I have always loved this piece, and I thought it would be a great chance to do something similar.

I started by mocking up a Nuka Cola logo and realised that it would be a perfect fit for the yoke of the jacket.

Title: Nuka Cola Logo
Date Completed: March 2025
Design: Lord Libidan
Count: 14
Canvas: Denim Jacket
Colours: 1
Video Game Series: Fallout

But then came the important stitch, the main back panel. However, when looking for inspiration, I came across this great advert from FischyCreations on Etsy. It has a strong advert style and includes the newer Nuka Cola bottle design, which I prefer.
So I just had to stitch this up too!

I made some color tweaks, including changing the cola color, bottle cap, and the black text to white to stand out on the jacket, but it’s mostly original as well.

Title: Drink Ice Cold Nuka Cola
Date Completed: May 2025
Design: Lord Libidan & FischyCreations
Count: 14
Canvas: Denim Jacket
Colours: 6
Video Game Series: Fallout

And the jacket was done! Well… mostly.
For some reason, it just didn’t balance right.

I considered adding an upper arm stitch to the right arm to try to balance it out, but I had a Nuka Cola cap from another non-cross stitch project I was doing and thought it would look great as a pin.
I also found a keyring similar to my Nuka Cola Quantum keychain cross stitch I had made over a decade ago.
I think it balances it out perfectly.

Do you think you could see someone wearing this Nuka Cola denim jacket in the Fallout universe?

Happy stitching,
Lord Libidan