Embroidery badges can easily be made at your home. You only need a little imagination and creativity and you could make customized badges all by yourself that won’t only get noticed but will also enable you to get a large amount of appreciation. Since badges typically are not too big in size it is easy to make them in a short time. Needless to say the amount of time which you spend on making these badges will depend on the design, pattern along with your embroidery speed. However, it’s better that you take some time and appreciate making your badge so you can relish the happiness that you will get if you see your work coming to life.
To get started on making your embroidery badges you must start out with deciding the pattern and style. You may take a look at various embroidery books so you can get an idea of several models of badges. Additionally you can use the web and consider the newest patterns and contemporary styles which are popular. It’s also advisable to keep the purpose of the badge on your mind. For example a garden club will need to have some flowers in the badge while a sailing club should have a logo which could be relevant to boats and sailing.
Now that you have settled on the pattern of your badge you have to draw this design on paper. Just remember to create a detailed design citing the embroidery stitches that you will be using to the patch. Also have the drawing in color using colors that you might want on the badge. This will provide a clear concept of how your badge will ultimately look.
After drawing out the pattern on paper take a tracing sheet and trace the pattern on it. Then trace it on the cloth on which you’re going to be making the badge being sure that you’ve got a thick outline because this will serve as the main frame of the badge. Fix a backing paper on the back of your pattern and put an embroidery hoop on the cloth. Make sure that your pattern is invariably on the center of your hoop so that you could embroider easily and uniformly. This will also make certain you will not be bothered by breaking needles which may break or bend in case the hoop keeps coming in the way.
Everything that is to be done now is to carry out the embroidering. Use a more significant thread-count for your outline of the badge because this will give the badge a slightly elevated look. It’ll also have the badge look very professional. Now complete the remainder of the badge embroidering neatly. Satin stitches effectively work as fillers while chain and stem stitches enables you to make borders and outlines.
Once you’ve completed making your embroidery badges you will need to cut these out of the cloth. Leave a ½ inch seam round the badge and cut the badge out of the main cloth. Then carefully cut out the excess seam. Your badge is now ready to use. You can either use iron on adhesive to adhere the badge, place it directly on the garment or simply stitch it on.