When you want to brighten up an outfit, accessory, luggage piece or even hats you can easily 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. If you have children and they keep earning badges of merit you wish to sew them on. However, as intimidating as it might sound, sewing on badges isn’t very difficult when you know the way to get it done.
To do this process of sewing on a badge, begin by placing the badge over the place for which you want it. Now secure the badge well with a few pins in order that it stays in place and doesn’t shift while you’re sewing it on. So if you happen to be putting the patch on a garment, you ought to fix the patch and after that try the garment on to ensure that the patch or the badge looks suitable in the place. If your patch needs a little readjustment it can be done at this point easily.
Now thread the needle making sure that the thread that you are using isn’t too long. Keep the thread at a length of approximately 18inches for easy maneuvering. If the thread is just too long then you might get bothered by knots. Once you have the thread ready make a knot at the end of the thread. You could thread a needle yourself by holding the non knotted end between your forefinger and thumb and then passing it through the eye of the needle. You may as well take the help of a needle threader if you find threading a needle in such a manner difficult.
Pass the needle in the badge as well as the fabric ensuring that the knot is on the wrong side of the patch. Leave a space of 1/8th of an inch from where you began stitching keeping this distance from your last stitch constantly. Continue stitching round the entire perimeter of the badge till you have completed 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 securely to secure the knot and after that cut-off any excess thread which is left. Lastly take off the excess safety pins that you were using to secure the patch into position.
It’s also possible to sew on badges by using a sewing machine in case you don’t want to do the same by hand. Pick a thread that matched the hue of the patch after which tread your machine. You could also pick out a contrasting color depending on the look that you like to present your badge. Once this is done you should start sewing you badge. Take advantage of the top of the badge for your starting position and sew all across the edge of your badge utilizing the regular stitch mode ending in your start line. Once done, cut any additional thread that connects the badge to the machine and your garment is ready to be used with the badge.