. Badges or patches when placed strategically can immediately alter the look of a garment or accessory and take it from boring to spunky in just a few minutes. Should 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 the right way to get it done.
To begin this approach to sewing on a badge, start by placing the badge in the place that you desire it. Now secure the badge well with a few pins to ensure 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 and then try the garment on to be certain that the patch or the badge looks most suitable in the place. In case your patch requires a little readjustment you can do it at this stage easily.
Now thread the needle making sure that the thread you are using isn’t too long. Keep the thread on a length of approximately 18inches for easy maneuvering. If your thread is simply too long then you might get bothered by knots. After you have the thread ready create a knot at the end of the thread. You can thread a needle yourself by holding the non knotted end in between your forefinger and thumb after which passing it via the eye of your needle. It’s also possible to get the help of a needle threader if you find threading a needle in this way difficult.
Pass the needle through 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 which you started stitching keeping this distance from your last stitch at all times. Continue stitching round 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 tightly to secure the knot and then cut off any excess thread which is left. Lastly take off extra safety pins that you were using to secure the patch into position.
It’s also possible to sew on badges through the help of a sewing machine in case you don’t wish to do the same manually. Pick a thread that matched the color of your patch and then tread your machine. You may as well select a contrasting color depending on the look that you’d like to give your badge. Once this is achieved you have 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 using the regular stitch mode ending at your start line. 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.