Help with creating a Patch for an costume.

[PepperSpray 2]

Hello everyone Pepper here, new pony to the block ands very thing, had a question, that hopefully someone can answer, I havea. Logo that I would like to be placed on a Patch to go on a costume I am working on, would anyone know of a good, cost efficient way of doing so?

[Fhaolan 4,484]

Hello everyone Pepper here, new pony to the block ands very thing, had a question, that hopefully someone can answer, I havea. Logo that I would like to be placed on a Patch to go on a costume I am working on, would anyone know of a good, cost efficient way of doing so?

There's several choices available, but exactly how much they'll cost varies a lot depending on what you can find available.

 

If you've got the logo in a graphic file, there are places you can go to get it stitched on a patch by a computerized embroidery machine. This might be a bit expensive, but it doesn't hurt to get a quote to see *how* expensive. Smaller versions of the embroidery machines aren't that much more expensive than a high-end sewing machine now-a-days, so the cost of this option has dropped a lot in the last several years.

 

If you've got access to an inkjet printer, you can buy special wax-based transfer paper from most stationary stores like Staples and the like. It's not as pretty as the embroidered stuff, and you should experiment with it first before doing it 'for real' just to make sure the it all works. Technically you could get special inks for the inkjet and use normal paper, but it's hard to get those ink cartridges now for current printers, as this method has fallen out of favor.

 

Then of course, you *could* do the embroidery by hand. Embroidery isn't really that hard to do, it just takes a bit of patience and practice.

 

Or use fabric paints. I've not personally had much luck with that, myself. I can never get the paint to work on the types of fabric I want to use.

 

Finally, if the logo is relatively simple, do applique. Basically cut out the shapes from solid fat corners (fabric store term for small patches of fabric used in quilting), and stitch them onto the patch.

 

There is another option, but it's probably a *way* outside chance. Go to an SCA event, and there will probably be at least one card-weaver there in the 'arts and sciences' area. Talk to them, and it might be possible for them to actually weave a patch itself.