 Re: Patches
Sorry for the delay, I was out of town and internet was iffy at best. I have never used a blank patch, I just make my own. But if I had a blank I would scan it in and make a running stitch outline for accurate placement and then just treat it as an applique.
When I make patches from scratch I use two layers of heavy tear away and a good quality base fabric, usually twill. I stitch the design and then do two rows of run stitches held together by a loose zigzag, stop the machine, trim close to the twill and do a wide row of satin. Pop it out of the tearaway and it looks pretty good. Sometimes I will do a row of satin width about 15 then another on top to raise it with a width of 40. That helps give a crisper raised edging. I just did some 7" patches with applique that took almost one hour, but they came out looking great. |