To despise sewing Scouts badges

[Rathkelter]

I'm hopeless at sewing and no idea there'd be so many sodding badges to stitch on. Not even iron-on and this being the 21st C.

They are supposed to do it themselves I think. I like it!

Bondaweb would get over them not being iron-on. I used to stick DS' on with it, then just do a few stitches around the outside.

I feel your pain. My son has just joined Beavers and every bloody week there seems to be a new badge to sew on. I'd love to enjoy it but I fecking hate it!

What's bondaweb?

You can buy badge glue from the Scouts website.... our Cub leader tipped me off on that one

Badge glue

You're welcome.

Cross post mumtomaxwell

Bondaweb is the white webby stuff you iron the badges on with.

I've heard of people taking them to the local shop where you get clothes repaired and they can do them. Was so tempted. Secretly glad when we stopped going.

It's also called wundaweb or hemming tape

Yanbu.

I must buy some badge glue.

Copydex in this house. Discovered only after sewing 579943667 of the bastard things.

I used to put my badges on with double sided sticky tape when I had forgotten to sew them on before a parade. 😂

Badge glue. It's on my shopping list. Wow. I love a cheat's version of the truth. I'm sure we're getting dirty looks now from the leaders as his jumper is still undecorated.

The badge glue and iron stuff are rubbish, you are much better sewing them - their shirt / jumpers take a battering over time.
Some groups have people who will sew them on for you, for a donation to whatever they are fundraising for - ask around.

I've found badge glue to be just fine.

Not as permanent as sewing, but lasted several months.

By Scouts the idea is that they do the sewing themselves - watching ds1 do this is painful though.

Try having one of them in Beavers, one in Brownies, and both of them in Pony Club. 2 kids, 4 sodding sweatshirts and dozens of the tiny badges to sew on. I daren't use the glue stuff - the kids keep growing and I'd never hear the end of it if I didn't transfer all their precious badges over onto the next sweatshirt. And this is why my DD now wears sweatshirts down to her knees. She'll grown into them eventually (by the time she can sew!)

I run a company called BadgeFreaks and even I hate sewing on my own badges

When DS needed a bigger shirt I paid £30 to get them restitched - I was awful at Domestic Science at school. Money well spent.

Cleebope I think I'll be going down your route with this; time's too precious to be threading needles. I have about 8 badges and he's only been in Beavers for 3 months!

Scouts are meant to do it themselves!

How old is your DS? Mines 10 and has his first lot of badges to go on. I'm doing one to show him how and he's doing the rest. They're his badges.

I'm good at sewing (I'm old!) but I've told my DD to just tack them on with big clumsy stitches as it's the best she can do. (I live 150 miles away) The badges stay on and nobody notices the crap seeing.

Crap sewing!