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It started for me when a good client wanted to logo a large number of fleeces, and didn't want embroidery .....
WE experimented, and learnt how to make our own badges, last months order was a little over £1500 !
The edging is the most time consuming aspect, I have learnt to lay the prints out in straight lines, and do as many as possible in a run on 2 sides, finally cutting them out into singles to do the other 2 edges. It is a noisy operation, get headphones !

Is it noisier than running embroidery machines 8 hours a day?

logobear;57636 wrote:It started for me when a good client wanted to logo a large number of fleeces, and didn't want embroidery .....

Do I assume from this that you sublimated the logo onto polyester and then edged them with your overlocker to create your badges and that you then 'glued' them in place?

WDR I print patches now, lots of them, and i import a few hundred embroidered ones every year as well, but the number of pre-made patch shapes seem to be decreasing everytime i want to order, so i guess in the end the make them yourself side will win out -

logobear;57636 wrote:It started for me when a good client wanted to logo a large number of fleeces, and didn't want embroidery .....
WE experimented, and learnt how to make our own badges, last months order was a little over £1500 !
The edging is the most time consuming aspect, I have learnt to lay the prints out in straight lines, and do as many as possible in a run on 2 sides, finally cutting them out into singles to do the other 2 edges. It is a noisy operation, get headphones !

Pictures for those that don't understand would be nice, I'm probably the only one who doesn't though

HI,
sorry, no pictures.
Yes - I buy 100% poliester fabric for about £10 a m (60" wide)
print on my sub badges, then stiffen with badge stiffener, then overlock the edges, cutting up as I edge

mrs maggot;57650 wrote:WDR I print patches now, lots of them, and i import a few hundred embroidered ones every year as well, but the number of pre-made patch shapes seem to be decreasing everytime i want to order, so i guess in the end the make them yourself side will win out -

Thanks Laura, I can see this method of edging them yourselves would suit my type of embroidery machine work where I could hoop the basic material, embroider my design and then edge accurately.

logobear;57664 wrote:HI,
sorry, no pictures.
Yes - I buy 100% poliester fabric for about £10 a m (60" wide)
print on my sub badges, then stiffen with badge stiffener, then overlock the edges, cutting up as I edge

Thanks for this information - much appreciated

I would imagine that to make embroidered badges you could infact embroider a satin stitch border around your text or logo and then carefully cut around this edge. I would then turn the item over and remove as much stabiliser as possible. Finally I would paint the badge back with a thin layer of PVA adhesive to stiffen and seal it.

I will have to give this a go on my machine and see what the end result is like.

To make my embroidered patches I buy Twilly from Gunold, its a denim weight cotton. Its 40cm wide and 10mtrs long. Costs 36€ plus tax. No backing is needed to embroider , its stable enough. Embroider name , logo or whatever and then a 3mm satin stitch around the border. In a jacket back frame I make as many patches as will fit in the frame. This is all digitised in my software. Then I cut them out and use a small burner to slightly burn the edges to stop them fraying. For the glue I use the special glue on a roll from Madiera. This is applied with a heat press being careful as its temp and time sensative.
Recent jobs are 400 name patches 8x3cm and 10 large patches 32x22. The big one took nearly 4 hours each to do.