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Help! Brownie sash full after one year!

38 replies

3b1g · 11/11/2012 10:29

DD joined Brownies a year ago. She was full of enthusiasm about what badges she wanted to work towards, so I invested in the wider sash and started sewing them on in two rows of squares rather than a zigzag row of diamonds so more would fit on. The pack have also done lots of challenge badges (jubilee challenge, Sangam etc) which I've sewn on the back. With two years of Brownies left, the sash is now almost full, even though I've sewn the badges as close together as possible. Which of the following options would be best:

  1. sew the 'fun' badges on to a gilet (even though no-one else in the pack does this) making more room for 'earned' badges
  2. transfer the oldest badges on to her camp blanket so she only wears the newest ones on the sash
  3. buy a second sash to be worn across the first (on the opposite shoulder) and start sewing the newest badges on to this. Has anyone actually done this? Would it look ridiculous? Any advice gratefully received, especially from Brownie leaders or parents who have experienced this. Thanks.
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LeeCoakley · 11/11/2012 19:24

lovebox that's hilarious!

LittleBearPad · 11/11/2012 19:24

Lordy in my day they went on our sleeves. Don't suppose this is an option

LeeCoakley · 11/11/2012 19:23

Dd1's are still in the sewing box (along with dd2's and dd3's) waiting to be sewn on. She's nearly 21 and casually mentions them from time to time Blush. I was so on the ball with her Rainbow badges that I think I'd used up all my sewing energy by the time she was 7!

LoveBox · 11/11/2012 19:21

I finally got round to seeing DDs onto her sash. Brown owl said to DD "really good effort in trying to sew your own badges on DD, but next time get your mum to so it so its a bit neater." DD replied "mum DID do these!"

Oh the shame. I have banned her from earning any further badges to solve this problem.

ComeIntoTheGardenMaud · 11/11/2012 19:20

I'm a Brown Owl. My daughter quickly filled up her first badge sash and had almost filled a second one by the time she went up to Guides. She did once or twice wear both sashes at once but it did look a bit daft.

My plan now - suggested to me by a more experienced Brown Owl - is to cut each badge sash in half and then sew the four pieces around the edges of a camp blanket. That way I won't have to do any unpicking of the sashes.

freetoanyhome · 11/11/2012 19:16

dd's are all sat in a drawer Blush
I cant sew

3b1g · 11/11/2012 19:10

Reading this back, I've realised that this thread sounds like a bit of a stealth boast. It wasn't meant like that at all. DD is not a high flyer at school and is not at all sporty, so Brownies provides somewhere where she feels she can achieve things and has really boosted her confidence.

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3b1g · 11/11/2012 17:02

Thanks all, will start transferring some of the fun badges on to the gilet to make room for more interest badges as she earns them. She loves Brownies and it is somewhere she can shine through hard work and conscientiousness. Hopefully the gilet will be easier to sew them on to than the sash, too!

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Feckbox · 11/11/2012 14:17

no idea but well done your daughter!

pigsinmud · 11/11/2012 14:15

My dd's pack have just scrapped sash and brought in gilet. Dd1 already has say, so once full we moved on to the gilet. I hate those bloody sashes. Never stay on her shoulder!

Some of the older ones had sewn badges on the hoody once their sashes were full.

sausagesandwich34 · 11/11/2012 13:44

my brownies wear interest badges (the earned ones) on their sash, and the fun badges either on thier gillet or hoody

when they finish brownies then sew the whole brownie sash onto the guide camp blanket :)

Rangirl · 11/11/2012 13:41

I am a Brown owl A lot of my Brownies have the badges on their top

BertieBotts · 11/11/2012 10:31

Camp blanket I would have thought - isn't this the idea of them? My dad used to have a great one! :)