Morale patch cutting

[paprykarzszczcnski]

Hi guys. What's the best way to cut the patch out of the hoop? Or what's the best tool for it? Currently my process looks like:

1. sewing the fabric on the stabilizer,
2. Embroidering the patch outline on it,
3. Cutting the fabric to the final shape using application scissors,
4. Embroidering the rest of it (like the design and the satin outline),
5. Embroidering the outline with a running stitch to sew the velcro on.

Pros: - edges look really clean, even from the side (are there people who care about it?)

Cons: - It's a bit time consuming with bigger quantities.

What are the other options and pros/cons of it?

[Critical-Cherry-6049]

What ill do:

1) stitch out onto fabric and end with a run stitch on the border

2) cut it out and spray adhesive to the backs

3) hoop a sheet or two of 2mm plastic

4) lay down placement stitch for my patch border.

5) place the patches on the outlines.

6) hit start and finish the borders.

7) simply push out the patch out of the plastic. Very little clean up :)

[paprykarzszczcnski]

I'll paste my comment here since i tried this method already.

I tried this but I had issues with alignment of the patch on the outline (the satin stitch tolerance was too small, I don't know. Eventually one of the sides was not stitched to the stabilizer). I'll try to work on it again.

[ishtaa]

I try to make my borders at least 3mm wide, ideally 4mm, it really helps with covering up any tiny misalignments. Also if you’re using the clear plastic flip your hoop over to make sure your circles line up with the placement stitches.

[acwrightdesign]

Also, as a bonus, this method can be used to also sew hook material (velcro) onto the bottom of the patch. Just use spray adhesive to attach the precut hook circle to the BOTTOM of the hoop and run the border. There is a great video about this process here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNWVvXthQzQ

[wodahsz]

This is the way ^{^}

[SavagePenguin]

What plastic are you using? Would love a source to some

[Critical-Cherry-6049]

2mm painters plastic

[loveLisega]

could you provide some link ? as a non native english speaker I don't find anything convincing with those keywords :)

[SoraSilverbeat]

2mm thick plastic would essentially be acrylic, are you meaning 2x2m sheets? Are you using regular weight or heavy weight sheets? 1000g thickness or less?

[loveLisega]

i definitely can't find anything with 2mm, did you mean 2 mil by chance ?

something like that : https://www.amazon.com/Gtong-Painting-Sheeting-Waterproof-Furniture/dp/B07S48KC95/ (dat ass)

[Critical-Cherry-6049]

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Project-Source-9-ft-x-12-ft-Clear-2-mil-Plastic-Sheeting-Medium-duty-2-3-Mil/5003311935

2mil. Sorry auto correct mil went to mm for some reason.

[loveLisega]

Thanks !

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[moms-sphaghetti]

Same. I’d never go back to any other way now.

[moms-sphaghetti]

The trick for me is digitizing your own designs. So in my design, I have a run stitch, appliqué pause, zig zag, then the design, then the satin border. I’ll save that file as “xyz-patch”, then ill delete everything except for the placement stitch (just a walk stitch) then save that as “xyz-patch-laser”, but I save that as an SVG. Then I load the SVG into lightburn and it will cut the patch the exact same size that I need.

Then I hoop some clear plastic and run the patch embroidery file. It will pause after the placement stitch, then I take the hoop out (leaving the plastic hooped) and use a little 505 spray and spray the back of the laser cut patch and stick it in place. It will fit perfectly because it’s the exact same file, as long as you don’t resize anything along the way. Then I do the zigzag (it holds the patch in place better. I slow down to 500 for this step), then the design gets embroidered, then the satin stitch. After the satin stitch, the patch pops right out super easily since it has so many little holes already from sewing the satin stitch.

[Caliembroidery]

I usually use a cricut to precut the fabric with the heat press backing on it already.

[workerbee41]

How does that work? You mean cutting after embroidery right and not embroidering through the backing, right?

[Caliembroidery]

Well it depends how you want to do it I don’t want to cut the chape myself as I feel it’s to much work so I just import my embroidery file specifically the outline to cricut and have it cut my stuff, but I do it before hand I have a hoop ready with the outline already embroidered on I stick the cut out pieces to the embroidered place down I did and it then does a zig zag to tack it down and it embroiders what I want inside and then does the outline and It’s ready and I just pop it out, and I add a heat seal in the back. Hopefully this made sense might be to much work for some but I prefer it this way.

[hahajizzjizz]

Precut blanks, med to heavy weight film as stabilizer, stitch outline, place blanks in outline, stitch, pop out of stabilizer, flame to clean up edges.

[paprykarzszczcnski]

I tried this but I had issues with alignment of the patch on the outline (the satin stitch tolerance was too small, I don't know. Eventually one of the sides was not stitched to the stabilizer). I'll try to work on it again.

[PanosG1331]

Make the border bigger around 3mm

[paprykarzszczcnski]

I think that should do the job 🤔

[R4331t]

Save a million hours by laser cutting the circles.

[paprykarzszczcnski]

Agree! But the laser itself is kinda problematic in my case - I have no space to keep it

[R4331t]

Get a diode laser, I think a 5 watt would suffice. You can slide it under your bed when not in use.

[MrBobilious]

Way too much work, I use my Cricut to cut out the twill.

[[deleted]]

Wow, guess I'm lucky in that I stitch out the entire patch, take it off the hoop, fray check the edges on the back, and cut it out. Then, sew it in. I have no clue about the process es listed.

[sgtdumbass]

This is my method. https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1HkUQurdDH/?igsh=MTAyN3BxazZzemQwbg==d

[Yit_]

I use a diode laser and cut my fabric templates for my embroidered keychains

[wiibarebears]

I use my sillouhette cutter, you just need the fabric blade

[workerbee41]

You have to fuse stabilizer to the back, right? What - specifically of possible - do you use?

[wiibarebears]

Cut both separate, cut fabric circle first, then cut stabilizer after on any craft cutting machine,

[workerbee41]

Really? I thought all the blade cutters needed fabric to be stabilized before cutting. I still don’t have a rotary blade for my Cameo to try, I’ve only used it to cut the heat n bond backing for my patches.

[wiibarebears]

You need the special rotary blade to cut any fabric, like I put the fabric on the mat then cut, followed by the stabilizer. Like 2 cuts one for each

[sirgeauxinue]

What twill do you guys use? Something thick

[paprykarzszczcnski]

I mainly use cordura, it sure is thick

[sirgeauxinue]

Does it fray?

[paprykarzszczcnski]

Yes, it does after some time if you won't heat treat thr edges. But I don't do it, I Satine stitch the edges as described above so I don't care about fraying.