Tips for Making Embroidery Patches for Clothing Décor

Patches are a fashion trend of recent years. This way of decorating clothes originates a very, very long time ago. In the modern form, patches were massively used by hippies, then punks and other subcultures. The fashion for patch patches received a turn in fashion collections a year has passed and is more relevant than ever. Join the fashion stream, but be in your own style. A master class and the best embroidery machine for home businesses will help you realize your ideas.

Materials used for making Embroidery Patches:

Glue web
Product for alteration
Best embroidery machines
Scissors, glue for textiles
Durable fabric (canvas, twill)
Medium Density Stabilizer
Temporary Fixation Spray

Embroidery Patches: Preparation

Embroider the patch blanks. Strong fabric is recommended. It can be cotton, canvas, and twill in combination with a stabilizer for a medium-density embroidery machine. Combine the fabric and stabilizer with a temporary glue spray. Put the resulting sandwich on the hoop and pull it tightly. In the master class, the design “Any Other Name Tattoo” was embroidered. After embroidering, carefully trim the stabilizer on the wrong side. The closer to the embroidered outline you cut, the better.

The fabric needs to be cut off with a margin around the embroidery, after which an adhesive gossamer should be attached to the workpiece. Glue spider webs are on a paper basis and they are more convenient to use. If you have a simple cobweb, use silicon zed paper that does not adhere to heat. The glue spider web is attached to the inside of the fabric with a highly heated iron, and then you need to wait for until it cools completely.

After cooling the cobwebs, carefully cut the embroidery along the contour. Remove the backing.

Embroidery patches: We fix the workpiece

Put the patch on the product. At this point, you will be able to freely move the patch to choose the best placement option. You can fix patches even on sneakers and for this, insert a towel rolled into a roll. Place the patch in the right place and put a piece of thin cloth on top. Then, with a corner of the iron, warm the patch, so that the cobweb sticks. Avoid heating the rubber sole while running with sneakers. If you want to attach a patch to a product made of synthetic fabric, check the temperature regime in an inconspicuous area, and making sure that the fabric does not melt, stick the patch on the product.

Use textile glue to process the edges of the patch. Allow the glue to dry for 12 hours, then proceed to the next step. The most optimal fixation of the patch on the product is sewing. Sew patches with a straight or zigzag stitch.

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Sewing on the patch with blind stitch

Sewing patches in clothes is not a difficult task if you really know the proper method. The best to sew elements like to clothes with a secret stitch. It is performed simply. You just have to insert the needle into the fabric of clothing, strictly along the inner edge of the edging, displayed on the wrong side. After a short distance (about 8 mm), adhering to the edging line, the needle from the inside is displayed on the front side, passing through the patch. The next stitch is from the face to the inside, again through the patch. Front stitches are made shorter than the reverse, about half.

It is better to do all the stitches in one motion: pierce the needle from the front side and immediately bring it back to the face, and only then stretch the thread. It’s faster, easier and more accurate. When sewing with the second hand, adheres to the processed area of clothing so that the palm feels the edges of the chevron. There are many other methods to stitch the patches onto the cloths but this the easiest and permanent solution to fix it.