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DigitEMB Book Patch Iron On - Stacked Books Patches for Backpacks
A STACK OF FIVE BOOKS, EMBROIDERED IN FULL COLOUR - Orange, yellow, blue, green and red covers with cream page-edges stitched in, so the stack reads as real books rather than coloured rectangles.
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Five books, stacked, embroidered. Orange on top, then yellow, blue, green and red - each with cream thread picked out along the page edges, which is the detail that makes a stack of books look like a stack of books instead of a pile of colour. At 2.75 inches square it fits a canvas tote, a library bag, a denim jacket, a backpack or a hat. The heat-activated backing bonds to cotton and canvas with five minutes of firm, steady pressing. If it is going on the tote you actually carry books in - and it probably is - spend the extra two minutes and stitch the border. Bags that get loaded daily put real strain on an adhesive bond. For readers, librarians, teachers, book clubs, and anyone whose to-be-read pile has its own furniture. Made by digitemb, who make embroidered patches and nothing else.
- A STACK OF FIVE BOOKS, EMBROIDERED IN FULL COLOUR - Orange, yellow, blue, green and red covers with cream page-edges stitched in, so the stack reads as real books rather than coloured rectangles.
- BOOK PATCHES FOR TOTE BAGS AND READING GEAR - 2.75 inches square: the right size for a canvas tote, a library bag, a denim jacket pocket or a backpack strap.
- IRON ON IN FIVE MINUTES, SEW FOR A BAG YOU USE DAILY - Heat-activated backing grips cotton and canvas firmly. A tote bag that gets loaded with books every day deserves a stitched border - it takes two minutes.
- PAGE-EDGE DETAIL YOU CAN SEE - The cream thread running along each book's edge is what separates this from a flat blob of colour. It is a small thing and it is the whole design.
- FOR READERS, LIBRARIANS, TEACHERS AND BOOK CLUBS - A quiet, specific gift for the person whose bag is always heavier than it looks.
