How to make iron-on applique patch

Create a badge of some shape around the design you want on the patch. The shape can be a circle, rectangle, oval, or any number of closed shapes that you desire.

You can also create a patch with the satin-stitched border offset from the design by some distance that you choose. You could also just leave a bit of the base fabric around your embroidered design.

Finally, you can create a patch that has no border at all. The Superman patch has satin-stitched border around the circle. The fox patch above has white satin stitching all around, and right next to, the embroidery design. The roaring dinosaur has a satin edge but it is offset from the design by a specified distance. For these types of designs, use tear away stabilizer in your hoop to hold the satin stitches, but provide a clean edge when the stabilizer is removed.

The bulldog has a bit of the base fabric along the outside edge of the design. This bit of fabric that shows can be wider if desired. The same is true for the other dinosaur which has stitches in the design right up to the edge of the patch. For both of these patches, use water soluble stabilizer in your hoop. My granddaugther loves cats, so I decided to make a patch from the cat design in the collection.

My first thought was to create some satin stitches that were offset from the design. I wanted the satin stitches to follow the contour of the design. With the Brother PR, as well as with other high end embroidery machines, you can create offset satin stitches right in the embroidery machine.

Will give it to my Granddaughter to see what she wants to put it on. My cat patch had a few fibers from the tear away left behind after removing the stabilizer.

So I decided to try wash away stabilizer to eliminate the need to tear away the stabilizer at the end. That did not work out so well. In this example, I made the cat patch without the offset border, and just used the satin stitches around the cat as the patch edge. In the photo below, the cat on the left was made with tear away stabilizer and the cat on the right with wash away stabilizer.

Note how the satin stitches in the cat on the right are loops. I cut away the base fabric too close to the placement line for the cat. So you need to either leave a greater edge when trimming the base fabric or use tear away stabilizer for these types of patches. My grandson loves dinosaurs, so I decided to try this one next. However, this design did not have satin stitches around the edges of the dinosaur, so I left a little of the felt showing around the edge of the design.

Since this design has the felt all the way out, creating the edge of the patch, I could use water soluble stabilizer. I find this water-soluble stabilizer is great because it provides a good substrate for the stitches but washes away cleanly. Give heat and pressure with iron and finally remove the liner by peeling. Your email address will not be published. About Contact Privacy Police. How to. Toggle Navigation. Share your thoughts Cancel reply Your email address will not be published.

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Recent Comments. Pages About Contact Privacy Police. Categories how to. To make these DIY iron-on embroidered patches you will need a few supplies:. First, you will want to create a template. I simply drew out the lip shape that I wanted to create. You can also look up lip outlines online and print those as your template. Next, create the black background. This gives it the illusion of depth.

Take your embroidery thread and need and use a chain stitch to create highlights on the lips. This gives that fun embroidered look without having to be a professional seamstress. Make sure to follow the directions on the Wonder Under packaging. It is super easy and makes any fabric iron-on!

You can apply the iron on patches to any article of clothing, I love how they look updating a makeup bag. Fun custom patch tip: on our last family vacation to Disney — my son bought a Harry Potter iron on patch and put it on his backpack when we came home.

It looks very cool, and was WAY more affordable to purchase than any bag or hat they were selling. With the iron heated to medium without any steam option on, gently iron on the patch for about 10 seconds. This will activate the glue.