If you would like to decorate a piece of clothing, accessory, luggage piece or perhaps hats you can actually sew on badges to have the new look easily. Badges or patches when placed strategically can immediately change the look of a garment or accessory and take it from boring to spunky in a matter of minutes. When you’ve got children and they keep earning badges of merit you would like to sew them on. However, as intimidating as it might sound, sewing on badges is quite easy when you know how to do it.
To begin this process of sewing on a badge, start with placing the badge in the place where you desire it. Now secure the badge well with pins so that it stays into position and doesn’t shift while you’re sewing it on. If you happen to be putting the patch over a garment, you must fix the patch after which try the garment on to make sure that the patch or the badge looks most suitable in the place. In case your patch requires a little readjustment you can accomplish it at this time easily.
Now thread the needle ensuring that the thread that you are using isn’t very long. Maintain the thread in a length of approximately 18inches for easy maneuvering. If the thread is too long then you might get bothered by knots. Once you’ve the thread ready create a knot at the end of the thread. You can actually thread a needle manually by holding the non knotted end between your forefinger and thumb after which passing it through the eye of your needle. You may also take the assistance of a needle threader if you find threading a needle in this manner difficult.
Pass the needle through the badge as well as the fabric being sure that the knot is on the wrong side of the patch. Leave a space of 1/8th of an inch from where you started stitching keeping this distance from your last stitch at all times. Continue stitching round the entire perimeter of the badge till you have completely finished stitching it all the way through. Now knot the thread on the underside of the patch by looping your thread using a single stitch. Pull the thread strongly to secure the knot after which cut off any excess thread that’s left. Lastly remove the excess safety pins that you were using to secure the patch in position.
You may as well sew on badges by using a sewing machine if you don’t want to do the same manually. Select a thread that matched the hue of your patch after which you can tread your machine. You may as well pick out a contrasting color depending on the look that you’d like to present your badge. Once this is done you should start sewing you badge. Makes use of the top of the badge as your kick off point and sew all across the edge of your badge using the regular stitch mode ending in your kick off point. Once done, cut the excess thread that connects the badge to the machine and your garment is ready to be utilized with the badge.
