to think LIFE'S TOO SHORT for sewing on Brownie badges

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I would probably not do it at all but found a note-to-self written by DD2 saying...

'I am sad becose mummy did not come to my promise party and [DD2] won't let me sleep in her bed and my tadploes have turnd intoo froggs.'

I can't pile more misery onto DD2s wee shoulders so have spent last 45 mins cursing while trying to sew fecking badges on to horrible yellow uniform. Grrr

they are a doodle to do with a sewing machine, literally take one minute! I am not a 'sewer' as it were but can manage very basic stuff. So if you don't have a machine find someone who does and offer em a box of chocs for being your badge angel!

Possibly should have said DODDLE!

I am in awe of anybody that can use a sewing machine without killing it, arfur I am the manic mass murderer of machines-that-do-stitches-for-you. No matter how big the job or how fool-friendly the machine, I will inevitably give up and do it by hand (but not until I have slain yet another friends tabletop stitch-monster).

Your idea of swapping chocolate for sewing machinist skills is cunning. Very cunning. I like it.

I have been thinking about the lotion in the basket line recently because there was something online about a salesperson writing that on a receipt for a skincare product. I keep my hand cream in a wanky basket. Don't be scared of my bear. I'm sure he will adore your serial killer-esque designs and won't come to find you in the dark of night with his beady orange cracked glass eyes which are terrifyingly luminous.

I am one of those weird people who actually quite enjoys sewing on nametapes and badges (which is fortunate with one Scout leader, two Scouts, a Cub and a Brownie) but that sash takes all the joy out of it.

I would use the sewing machine, but in a bout of sash vs machine, I'm worried that the sash would win.

Wow. Just, wow.

Do not fear threebeeonegee! My machine said pah! to the brownie sash (and tis not a fancy specimen or anything industrial like)

Sewing on badges never ends at my house.... my DS is in the Army, and brings all his badges home for me to sew on his uniform. Different tours mean different badges, different countries mean different uniforms with different badges.
The badges are very thick and it is nearly impossible to get the needle through (you should see the holes in my fingers).
I have found it is always useful to get him to explain exactly which way up and at what angle his badges go, as unpicking them later and redoing them makes me very cross sigh when I have to redo them.

Dd grew out of her scout shirt and I had to unpick umpty-nine badges all lovingly () sewn on and re-sew them onto the new shirt. Then she decided she was fed up with scouts and left.

My DP is in charge of sewing in this house

He loves it, hand sewing or by machine.

I find his enthusiasm a little strange, (I hate sewing). But to be fair, he's a bit strange all round.

Why didn't I think of using the blasted sewing machine?? DD has a sash, which saves me unpicking the badges when she grows out of the t-shirt (learnt lesson the hard way in Rainbows ).
I don't really mind sewing the badges on tbh, I just not actually that good at handsewing. Will do the Sangam badge on the machine, see how I go.

What I don't get is why the Brownies have the sash. Surely it would be easier and nicer to sew them on to their jackets or t shirts?

Having a DD at Brownies and a son at Beavers I have a lot of badges. Luckily I quite like sewing. Might start a side business at £2 a go. I was quite grumpy when I realised I'd sewn all DSs badges on the wrong side and had to unpick them all!!

And a big thanks from me for all the volunteers at Brownies and Beavers. I really do appreciate the time you take in organising the activities that my children love to attend.

Much cheaper badge glue:
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Have just bought some myself, as am overdue a Brownie badge-sewing session.

DH is in charge of badges :)
DS has just been made seconder and is so thrilled with his badge that if DH were away I would do it wonky myself as it means so much to him. I don't envy him if we don't manage to make DSs cub uniform last through to scouts mind :o

To those concerned about using the sewing machine - my Aldi barginous machine laughs in the face of the Brownie sash. So I set it a further task - a Brownie blanket (for all those badges which don't go on the sash) - it took on the blanket without breaking a sweat needle . Job's a good 'un.

Flippin' eck it takes 5 minutes. And tbh, if your daughter is old enough to go to Brownies, she's old enough to sew 'em on herself!

BTW, also have other kids and fulltime job. Still manage the odd Brownie badge though. She only gets one or two a term after all...

At least with Guides/Brownies. etc you can sew badges where you like. I printed off the diagram from the cubs site so I can keep it in my sewing box to remind me where the badges go.

DD got Advanced Camper and Traditions of guiding badges at camp this weekend (along with a really sunburned nose, she sat with a cold compress on it on Sunday). She's thinking about going for the Camp Permit badge, but wants to concentrate on her Baden Powell badge first.

Fobbadob - took me years to realise it would be easier with the sewing machine too! Was a proper lightbulb moment!
Otherworld - thanks! I love being an assistant at beavers and I hardly ever need wine when I get home

So glad I saw this thread. Poor DS has been a scout for 2 years and only has basic badges sewn on by my friend! The rest are in a glass jar and I also jest that they should have a sewing badge for the badges. Will be going to get glue now as his shirtsleeves stand out against the other scouts badged arms.

Flobbadobs: I hope it isn't as big and ridiculously shaped as the Sangam badge that DD got...

The key is not to go all the way through the sash - slip stitch so that you only pick up one thread from the sash and the badge.

I had to do mine myself! My mam was a guider

CommanderShepard (I'm hoping the name is an Atlantis reference): that's the best way I have found of sewing them on to the sash too. If you only pick up a couple of threads of the top layer of fabric with your needle, it is possible to avoid the invisible Kevlar.

Wow prissy and euphemia. It's not a who's busiest competition and I never suggested guiders were SAHMs. (Couldn't care less if they are or not.) I do not have a DD in brownies or similar but a DS in cubs. He, his friends and the leaders would most certainly judge if his badges were sewn on in the incorrect place or badly. This is a job I get round to rarely. Work, physio, kids, housework, rest of the family and yes even the sick cat get dealt with first.

I find time to sew them on.
It's important to my DD and I feel so proud to see her on things like Remembrance Parade with her full uniform on and sash full of badges.