Reduce the create text to a right size.2019 we suggest using either the small or the medium font. Remove fill and set the stroke to something small, e.g.Add the circle (hold down the CTRL key) to this layer.Call it something like 'Artwork' or 'Guidelines'. Create new layer ( Menu Layer -> Add Layer.Step 1 Add one or two circles to guide the text position You won't need these circles but they help positioning. Take the type of template with the two circles. To bend inkstitch lettering into a position, use a similar strategy as above. by 0.2 mm) if you cannot exactly place the badge in the middle. You may want to reduce the radius of the positioning a line a tiny bit (e.g. Positioning, tackdown line, a heavy zig-zag and a line inside the zig-zag. Otherwise the patch might come off during washing.īelow is our standard 62mm template that we designed for outreach activities. Apply it is as shortly as possible (about 2 seconds) to the backside of the patch, then cut it. Alternatively, you can cut a larger piece of thermo film glue. Heat with a heat press or an iron for about 3 seconds.If it doesn't have its own cooking paper add your own. Put thermofilm on top, cooking paper on top.Put the patch upside down in a heat press or on a table.(1) Cut a piece of thermofilm, a bit bigger than the size of the patch Again, Gunold does have several products. In our very limited experience, the easiest way of gluing a patch to some cloth is to us some thermo film made of glue. Scissors will also do, but try to be as precise as possible. Since the fabric may warp consider weighting down the borders, e.g. We use our Trotec Speedy 100R 50Mw with settings: power=23, speed=1.9 and Hz=1000. Ideally, you could cut the patches with a laser cutter. You can print out a paper version of the design and use it as model. Here, we just summarize the method we like best.Ĭut out some appropriate stable fabric of the size of the badge. This little tutorial explains how to design embroidery patches with the free and open source Ink/Stitch software.Ĭreating a patch with only an embroidery machine requires a little bit of precision work.Ĭreating patches is explained in general terms in the Embroidery patch article. 4.3 Rounded text with embroidery font objects.4.2 Rounded text with a simple fill pattern.4.1 Rounded path with Inkstitch lettering.3 Example: a patch for the InkStitch project.

Patch design tool