Embroidered Patches And Tips To Affix Them To Leather

Embroidered patches are something that have been about for centuries; in fact they can be dated back to ancient Asian times

. Yet not until recently has it been possible to affix them to your clothing using a hot iron and heat-activated glue. It's possible to place them to nearly all fabrics without the need to get your needle and thread out. Fortunately the ability to attach them with a hot iron means that your fingers will not get sore and it's much easier and quicker to do. Even so , when it comes to attaching embroidered patches to leather with a hot iron, you may have a problem; that's, in the traditional sense.

Leather Does Not Do So Well With Hot Temperatures

The process of attaching embroidered patches involves heating up the heat activated glue on the reverse until it becomes softer. That requires a great deal of heat; heat that can damage the sensitive finish of leather.

It's true that leather is a very durable material, but the surface is without difficulty damaged by concentrated heat sources. This presents two problems. The first issue is that the patch will fall off the leather once it has become damaged because the glue will not stick to it. Another problem is that the leather will look ugly and scorched once the patch does fall off. Other materials including vinyl and faux leather will have the same problems. You should also consider the fact that if you could get the patch hot enough so that it would stick to your leather, one slip of your hand could suggest that the rest of your leather could get burned and scorched. This is the reason you must not have a hot iron anywhere near your leather.

There Is Another Way

We said earlier that you can not use an iron to affix embroidered patches to leather in the traditional sense. When we said you can't iron on patches to leather in the traditional sense we meant that there is a non-traditional way to do it. What this means is that there is special glue that you can use along with an unheated iron. Yes, an unheated iron. It will only be vital to use your iron as a press.

Because leather can be quite difficult to work with, you're going to need special glue in order to make this work. You can find this specialized glue at craft stores, sewing shops, and even some high-end leather goods specialty stores. It's vitally important to make sure that you can use this glue on leather and the way to find this out is to read the instructions on the bottle. You may end up wasting your money if you fail to do this.

The glue needs to be applied to the back of the patch as per the instructions on the bottle and then you should carefully place the patch onto the part of the leather where you want it. Next thing you need to do is use your cold iron to press down firmly onto the patch for the amount of time as stated on the glue bottle. Once the glue has set-up you'll be able to release the iron and let the patch dry. Just be careful to know exactly where you want to place the patch - before you lay it. Once the glue comes in contact with the leather, removing it could reveal an ugly stain.

by: caryrdmuca

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