When you want to brighten up a garment, accessory, luggage piece or even hats you can sew on badges to achieve the fresh 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 just a few minutes. When you’ve got children and they keep earning badges of merit you wish to sew them on. However, as intimidating as it might sound, sewing on badges is quite easy once you know the right way to get it done.
To start off this procedure for sewing on a badge, begin by placing the badge in the place in which you want it. Now secure the badge well with pins in order that it stays into position and doesn’t shift when you are sewing it on. So if you happen to be putting the patch over a garment, you have to fix the patch after which you can try the garment on to ensure that the patch or the badge looks suitable in the place. If the patch needs a little readjustment you can accomplish it at this point easily.
Now thread the needle ensuring that the thread you’re using isn’t very long. Keep your thread in a length of approximately 18inches for simple maneuvering. In case your thread is too long then you might get bothered by knots. When you’ve the thread ready create a knot at the end of the thread. You could thread a needle manually by holding the non knotted end between your forefinger and thumb after which passing it via the eye of your needle. You can also take the assistance of a needle threader if you find threading a needle like this difficult.
Pass the needle through the badge and also the fabric making 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 around the entire perimeter of the badge until you have completely finished stitching it all the way through. Now knot the thread on the underside of the patch by looping your thread by using a single stitch. Pull the thread firmly to secure the knot and after that cut-off any excess thread that’s left. Lastly remove extra safety pins that you were using to secure the patch in position.
It’s also possible to sew on badges with the assistance of a sewing machine in case you don’t wish to accomplish the same by hand. Decide on a thread that matched the color of the patch after which tread your machine. It’s also possible to pick a contrasting color depending on the look that you’d like to provide your badge. Once this is successfully done you should start sewing you badge. Makes use of the surface of the badge for your kick off point and sew all along the edge of your badge using the regular stitch mode ending in your starting position. Once done, cut the extra thread that connects the badge to the machine and your garment is ready to be used together with the badge.