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If you would like to brighten up an outfit, accessory, luggage piece or perhaps hats you can actually sew on badges to have the fresh look easily. Badges or patches when placed strategically can immediately affect 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 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 do it.

To start this approach to sewing on a badge, begin by placing the badge to the place in which you want it. Now secure the badge well with a few pins in order that it stays into position and doesn’t shift when you are sewing it on. Now if you’re putting the patch over a garment, you ought to fix the patch after which you can try the garment on to ensure that the patch or the badge looks right in the place. If the patch requires a little readjustment it can be done at this point easily.

Now thread the needle making sure that the thread you’re using isn’t too long. Keep the thread at a length of approximately 18inches for quick 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 can actually thread a needle yourself by holding the non knotted end between your forefinger and thumb and then passing it in the eye of the needle. You may also get the aid of a needle threader if you find threading a needle like this difficult.

Pass the needle in the badge as well as 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 began stitching keeping this distance from the last stitch all 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 through a single stitch. Pull the thread tightly to secure the knot and after that cut off any excess thread that’s left. Lastly remove the excess safety pins that you were using to secure the patch into position.

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. Choose a thread that matched the hue of your patch after which you can tread your machine. You may also pick out a contrasting color with regards to the look that you would like to provide your badge. Once this is achieved you need to start sewing you badge. Use the top of the badge as your kick off point and sew all along the edge of your badge utilizing the regular stitch mode ending in your starting position. Once done, cut any additional thread that connects the badge to the machine and your garment is ready to be utilized together with the badge.