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VideoBeginner

How to Best Heat Press Patches, Emblems & More Onto Any Apparel

Stahls' TV™

If you sell, order or apply heat-seal patches and emblems, this STAHLS' video has Josh showing ways to heat press patches, logos and emblems onto different kinds of appa…

VideoBeginner

How to make Custom Embroidered Patches

Ricoma TV

Carl from Ricoma walks through the entire process of embroidering custom patches, step by step, using the company's Creator machine. It is pitched at beginners as well a…

VideoIntermediate

How to create custom applique patches

Melco Embroidery

Josh from Melco's applications team demonstrates making custom patches with the appliqué method, in which a piece of fabric forms part of the design instead of the whole…

BookBeginner

Tiny Stitches: Buttons, Badges, Patches, and Pins to Embroider

Irem Yazici

Small-scale hand embroidery for making your own patches, badges, pins and buttons. The book offers 50 motifs and 20 beginner-friendly projects with step-by-step instruct…

BookBeginner

Embroidery in 10 Lessons: Step-by-step instructions for first-time stitchers, plus 10 designs for denim, shoes, linens and more

Juliette Michelet

Ten short lessons for first-time hand stitchers. They cover transferring a motif so it sits exactly where you want it, starting and finishing neatly, the essential stitc…