When you wish to decorate an outfit, accessory, luggage piece or even hats you can sew on badges to have the new look easily. Badges or patches when placed strategically can immediately alter the look of a garment or accessory and take it from boring to spunky within just a few minutes. If 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 the way to do it service dog.
To start off this process of sewing on a badge, start with placing the badge in the place that you want it. Now secure the badge well with a few pins so it stays in place and doesn’t shift when you are sewing it on. Now if you’re putting the patch on a garment, you need to fix the patch after which you can try the garment on to be sure that the patch or the badge looks best suited in the place. If your patch needs a little readjustment you can do it at this point easily.
Now thread the needle making sure that the thread that you are currently using isn’t too long. Maintain the thread at a length of approximately 18inches for easy maneuvering. In case your thread is just too long then you might get bothered by knots. Once you have the thread ready create 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 your needle. You may also take 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 being sure that the knot is on the wrong side of the patch. Leave a space of 1/8th of an inch from which you began stitching keeping this distance from the last stitch all the time. Continue stitching round 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 by using a single stitch. Pull the thread firmly to secure the knot after which cut off any excess thread that’s left. Lastly take off the excess safety pins that you were using to secure the patch in place extra resources.
It’s also possible to sew on badges with the assistance of a sewing machine if you don’t wish to do the same by hand. Pick a thread that matched the color of your patch after which you can tread your machine. You can also select a contrasting color depending on the look that you like to present your badge. Once this is accomplished you need to start sewing you badge. Take advantage of the surface of the badge as your kick off point and sew all across the edge of your badge using the regular stitch mode ending at your beginning point. Once done, cut the excess thread that connects the badge to the machine and your garment is ready for usage with the badge.