How to sew on badges by hand or by machine

If you would like to decorate a garment, accessory, luggage piece or perhaps hats you can actually sew on badges to get the fresh look easily. Badges or patches when placed strategically can immediately replace the look of a garment or accessory and take it from boring to spunky in just a few minutes. When you’ve got 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 once you know how to get it done.

To begin this approach to sewing on a badge, start with placing the badge over the place in which you desire it. Now secure the badge well with some pins in order that it stays into position and doesn’t shift when you are sewing it on. If you happen to be putting the patch on a garment, you must fix the patch after which you can try the garment on to make sure that the patch or the badge looks right in the place. If your patch needs a little readjustment you can accomplish it at this stage easily.

Now thread the needle making sure that the thread you’re using isn’t very long. Keep your thread on a length of approximately 18inches for quick maneuvering. In case your thread is simply too long then you might get bothered by knots. Once you’ve the thread ready create a knot at the end of the thread. You can 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 can also get the help of a needle threader if you find threading a needle in this manner difficult.

Pass the needle in the badge and 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 where you commenced stitching keeping this distance from your last stitch all of the time. Continue stitching surrounding 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 using a single stitch. Pull the thread tightly to secure the knot after which cut-off any excess thread that’s left. Lastly remove extra safety pins that you were using to secure the patch into position.

You can also sew on badges with the aid of a sewing machine in case you don’t want to do the same yourself. Pick a thread that matched the colour of your patch and then tread your machine. It’s also possible to choose a contrasting color with regards to the look that you want to present your badge. Once this is successfully done you need to start sewing you badge. Take advantage of the top of the badge for your starting position and sew all along the edge of your badge using the regular stitch mode ending at your kick off point. Once done, cut the excess thread that connects the badge to the machine and your garment is ready for use together with the badge.