If you would like to liven up an outfit, accessory, luggage piece or perhaps hats you can actually sew on badges to achieve 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. 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 when you know how you can get it done.
To begin this procedure of sewing on a badge, begin with placing the badge on the place for which you desire it. Now secure the badge well with pins so it stays in place and doesn’t shift when you’re sewing it on. If you are putting the patch over a garment, you need to fix the patch and then try the garment on to make certain that the patch or the badge looks suitable in the place. In case your patch requires a little readjustment you can accomplish it at this time easily.
Now thread the needle making sure that the thread that you’re using isn’t too long. Keep your thread in a length of approximately 18inches for easy maneuvering. If your thread is simply too long then you might get bothered by knots. When you’ve the thread ready make 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 and then passing it through the eye of the needle. You could also get the aid of a needle threader if you find threading a needle in this manner difficult.
Pass the needle through the badge and 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 which you began stitching keeping this distance from your last stitch all of the time. Continue stitching surrounding the entire perimeter of the badge till you have finished stitching it all the way through. Now knot the thread on the underside of the patch by looping your thread by way of a single stitch. Pull the thread securely 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 may as well sew on badges with the assistance of a sewing machine in case you don’t wish to do the same yourself. Pick a thread that matched the colour of the patch after which you can tread your machine. It’s also possible to decide on a contrasting color depending on the look which you want to present your badge. Once this is accomplished you ought to start sewing you badge. Use the surface of the badge as your kick off point and sew all across the edge of your badge utilizing 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.
