To not have a clue how to sew name tags on dd's uniform

[Valuenotadded]

Dd1 is starting YR in September and I want to use sew on labels rather than iron on ones as I've had issues with those at nursery previously.


I know I am a daft cow but I haven't got a clue how to sew these buggers on .

Do I need a sewing machine? Are there any online tutorials? Is it going to take ages?


I am not always so hopeless

[spleenyone]

Have a look at stamptastic name stamps, really quick and easy, goes on everything I need naming.

[BikeRunSki]

I love sew on name tapes, especially these rainbow ones.

I just over stitch round them.

My mum used to do mine, and I started labelling the DC's decent clothes like this for nursery (Sharpie on washing label for stuff I am not bothered about getting back). I recently needed to label some of my own clothes, and my mum unpicked my old name tapes from swimming towels and scarfs!

Sewing name tapes in is my little end of summer ritual. I rather enjoy it.

[ThatBloodyWoman]

I sew in -a nice clear sewn in label makes it easier for them to identify their own clothes.

Handstitch -just catch the material, then the edge of the label, all the way round.

You can also write on the label as back up -I use biro.

[CointreauVersial]

All very well the OP using iron-on labels or indelible ink, but what is she going to do when a button falls off or a hem comes down?

It isn't a bad idea to learn to sew.

[ThatBloodyWoman]

Also with sew on labels, you can relabel for little brother or sister easily, so they have their own name on it.

[missymayhemsmum]

Put something mindless on telly. Thread a small needle with about 1m of sewing thread. Make it double and knot the ends. Position the nametag with the cut ends turned under. (Use a pin to hold it in place if your like). Put the first stitch in and sew all the way round with little over-and-over stitches, picking up a few threads from the inside of the garment with each stitch (don't put the needle all the way through the garment if you can help it). When you get back to where you started, do three tiny stitches on top of other, then cut thread. Repeat with next garment. Easy, honest. Should only take a couple of minutes each once you have the hang of it.
Once you have mastered it you can progress to replacing lost buttons and mending ripped trousers!

[CointreauVersial]

ThatBloodyWoman - my nametapes are surname only (luckily not very common) so no sibling relabelling needed!

[HouseofEliot]

I use cash's sew in ones for my girls. I sew each end of the name tape. I unpick and reuse them each year.

[starfishmummy]

I use sew in ones. I like sewing them in!!

I always try to put ds's in the same place in the garment - so waistband for trousers, bottom of left seam on his tops. That way he has got used to knowing where to look for them!

[Valuenotadded]

What if the garment hasn't got a 'floppy' label to stitch the label on? I had a winter coat last year where the label was stitched flat to the coat so didn't hang iyswim. Do I put the needle through the whole coat (padded) or try to stitch on the lining only which seems a bit tricky.

Sorry just to check again: Do I sew the name tag onto the garment label or just on the back of the garment.

Why does this see so tricky to me????

[Valuenotadded]

I like the look of the rainbow ones.

[Bardette]

Stikins all the way here.
Don't sew the name label to the garment label, that would be really fiddley. Sew it to the back of the garment.

[KellyElly]

Can you not superglue them on?

[Cric]

Sharpie pen!! :)

[Suttonmum1]

I think that sewn on ones in a very obvious place (eg back of neck, back of waist) are much quicker to read and mean the garment is much more likely to get back to your child.
If you write on the tag it takes an adult much longer to find the name, by easter it will be only just legible and you will lose more stuff.
It's also easier for your child to find their own stuff.

[stealthsquiggle]

I like sewing in name tapes and like that I don't then have to worry about them again (although we don't seem to have determined acquirers of uniform at DC's school - TBH there is always so much completely unnamed kit in the lost property that they wouldn't have to bother unpicking name tapes).

Buy them from eBay - fraction of the price of cash's or easy2name, and just as good. Sew them in with small stickers overlapping the edge - the smaller the stitches the smoother it will be and therefore less likely to irritate the wearer.

[RufusTheReindeer]

value

The only thing I would say is that the tag is in quite an obvious place, loads of people would check the washing/name tag

3 children, all now in senior school (sob! Ds2 is too young!!!!) and the only thing we have lost is the one thing I didn't tag (PE bag)

[Valuenotadded]

"Don't sew the name label to the garment label, that would be really fiddley. Sew it to the back of the garment."

Ok so that means that the stitches are visible from the outside of the garment, right?

[Valuenotadded]

Any video tutorials?

[MrsWombat]

If you use a blind stitch the thread won't show on the outside of the garment. I'll try and find a video for you.

[MrsWombat]

This lady is sewing on a quilting label but the idea is the same. You just take a tiny bit of the inside of the garment on the needle.

[stealthsquiggle]

It's surprisingly hard to find a video tutorial. If I were an organised kind of person I would make one.

I do believe it is worth it. My DD goes through school life scattering possessions behind her. She is improving slowly but her lovely Y1 teacher told me that both her and DD's year would have been a lot more stressful had DD's stuff not all been thoroughly and clearly labelled.

[stealthsquiggle]

Good find, mrsw. I am not quite that careful, as I don't care if the stitches show a little bit on the label, as long as they don't show through the garment.

[ChazsBrilliantAttitude]

I use attach a tag too. The DS fight over who gets to use the gadget to attach the tag and I sit back and watch them label their own clothes. Luckily they have an unusual surname so I just have one set of tags for the two of them.

I started out with good intentions with DS1 but when you have two DC with full uniforms plus summer and winter sports kit, cricket stuff etc. the novelty wears off very quickly

One additional trick I have with the grey school trousers is to write their surname on the white lining of the pocket in large letters. That way if they are getting changed they can see the name when they hold their trousers to put them on.

[LittleprincessinGOLDrocks]

I love sewing name labels on, in fact I love sewing anything by hand. I even offered to sew my DN brownie badges on to her sash for her as I enjoy it so much.
I think I just get a sense of achievement from it.
I tend to match my cotton to the item - so red thread for the red cardigan, white for the shirts etc. That way if the threads do go through the item it is less obvious. Also I sew them in areas that will be covered - so on the neck line of jumpers (so when the shirt collar is put down it covers any stitches) and the collar - near the join to the shirt- on shirts (again covered by the collar when folded over.
I do try not to go through the items where possible, but sometimes I have to, and that is where the colour coded thread comes in to play.
Yes I am that sad I plan for that...