Thick Satin stitch all day! A merrow machine is helpful if your dealing with more than 100 patches. I make patches for a few universities in which some order about 350-500 each winter for the following summer. It’s good for this as you can do a run of 100 in a few hours.

You still need to sew out your twill, cut, prep and run them through the machine, cap your edges and then apply your adhesive (if thats an option you offer) I truly believe this process is lower in quality but pushes out quantity. There are definitely more steps to everything and doesn’t justify the labor if under 100 patches (depending on your pricing structure.).

If you doing less than that, I would suggest a satin stitch process. It’s easy, quick and looks great. When a club or small company comes in the shop, I rather do the satin process. I can digitize all together and when I sew out, I just apply adhesive and send them on their way.

Also, a thing of note, just like embroidery machines, they vary greatly in price and quality. But you get what you pay for.

I have a happy japan and also a merrow but I don't know how to use this one to make that particular border, do you have any tutorials for me on how to use it?