It seems like a lot of folks who are into wearing jerseys aren't really into sewing... so what do you do when you buy all these patches and want them on your sports shirts... you find someone crafty and have them do it.
I don't know anything about this sports stuff so I require drawings and/or pictures showing me where the patches go.
I used to pin the patches and mark the edges of where it would go on the fabric with masking tape. Now I use a semi-permanent adhesive to affix the patch to the fabric. This reduces fabrics chance of bunching up and puckering as you sew the patch on. It also lets you make sure its even and in the right place.
Usually the patch has white stitching around the edges and you can just zigzag over that, or straight stitch around the inner perimeter with white or clear thread. I have a problem with clear thread snapping every few inches so it's a huge pain in the butt.
This patch had green fabric around the edge, so I used some near matching green silk thread and zigzagged around it all.
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