If you would like to liven up a garment, accessory, luggage piece or perhaps hats you can sew on badges to have the new look easily. Badges or patches when placed strategically can immediately replace the look of a garment or accessory and take it from boring to spunky in just a few minutes. If you have children and they keep earning badges of merit you would want to sew them on. However, as intimidating as it might sound, sewing on badges is quite easy once you know how you can get it done.
To do this procedure of sewing on a badge, begin with placing the badge in the place in which you want it. Now secure the badge well dogtransfer with some pins in order that it stays into position and doesn’t shift when you are sewing it on. Now if you happen to be putting the patch over a garment, you need to fix the patch after which you can try the garment on to be certain that the patch or the badge looks right in the place. In case your patch requires a little readjustment you can do it at this stage easily.
Now thread the needle ensuring that the thread you are using isn’t very long. Maintain the thread at a length of approximately 18inches for quick maneuvering. If the thread is just too long then you might get bothered by knots. After you have the thread ready make a knot at the end of the thread. It is possible to thread a needle by hand by holding the non knotted end in between your forefinger and thumb and then passing it in the eye of the needle. It’s also possible to consider the help of a needle threader if you find threading a needle in this way 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 commenced stitching keeping this distance from the last stitch all of the time. Continue stitching surrounding the entire perimeter of the badge until you have finished stitching it all the way through. Now knot the thread on the underside of the patch by looping your thread through a single stitch. Pull the thread strongly to secure the knot after which you can cut-off any excess thread that’s left. Lastly remove the excess safety pins that you were using to secure the patch into position.
You can also sew on badges through the help of a sewing machine in case you don’t wish to do the same manually. Choose a thread that matched the hue of your patch after which tread your machine. You may also pick a contrasting color with regards to the look that you like to present your badge. Once this is achieved you should start sewing you badge. Makes use of the surface of the badge for your starting place and sew all across the edge of your badge utilizing the regular stitch mode ending at your beginning point. Once done, cut the extra thread that connects the badge to the machine and your garment is ready for use with the badge.