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Sewing name labels on school uniform - help please

38 replies

squeaver · 31/08/2008 18:05

I saw something on here a while ago about sewing on labels. Someone said something about doing them "on a loop". Can anyone explain what this means?

If it's going to make my life easier over the next couple of evenings I'll be eternally grateful.

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nell12 · 31/08/2008 18:22

Fold the label in half so it forms a loop and then sew the joined ends to the garment... double thread your needle, 6 stitches and you are done

hth

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squeaver · 31/08/2008 18:44

Ah so it hangs like a loop rather than going on "flat" with 2 lots of stitches - one at each end?? Just want to make sure before my I begin my ham-fisted efforts

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MatNanPlus · 31/08/2008 18:47

No actually fold the name label in half Squeaver so the 2 narrow/cut ends are togther then stitch as one.

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squeaver · 31/08/2008 18:50

That's brilliant. Thanks so much to you both. In my next life - iron-on!

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MatNanPlus · 31/08/2008 19:31

Squeaver many items can't take the heat needed for iron ons

But you can get a stamper made to print on items and you can get these so very very minimal sewing needed they are great

Tho i found i needed to punch a large/darning needle thru the name tape first as they can be fairly tough and the clips are plastic but can highly recommend.

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squeaver · 31/08/2008 21:13

Oh I like the look of those, but suspect dd's school would "not approve" in a look over the rim of their specs kind of way.

Thanks again

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Word · 31/08/2008 21:29

I find the loop method ideal for socks, but tbh, as far as other clothes are concerned, I think it's better to sew the labels on flat - particularly for small children. That way, they can spot their name a lot more easily and you're less likely to get stuff going awol.

scanner · 31/08/2008 21:36

Sewing on name tapes pah! I only did that the first year, they are all written on with indelible ink now. Most uniform suppliers have a specific place for you to do this.

Word · 31/08/2008 21:42

Gawd, yes it's a chore (though made easier by machine) - but I'd rather do that, than have items going missing - other mums will find my DS's clothes harder to miss, if they're taken by accident!

I have tried the iron-on tapes too - but found they took nearly as long to do, and eventually came off.

janeite · 31/08/2008 21:44

The iron on ones are rubbish. I actually quite like sewing name tapes on, in a perverse feeling like an earth mother kind of way. This and baking and decorating birthday cakes make me feel like a "real" mummy!

gameboy · 31/08/2008 21:45

Easy2Name iron-on transfers. Way to go.

Black on light articles. White on black & navy. If you have younger kids to inherit uniform you can then put an iron-on over the top. Or just iron on the surname only (what we do - boys school, so surnames fine!)

Quattrocento · 31/08/2008 21:46

How topical. Have just finished mine. Was a chore, but I have come up with a good solution ...

Make the DCs do it!!! It was hard work at first and I had to start them off and finish off, and do around 10 for every one they managed.

Next year, they can do the lot.

MatNanPlus · 31/08/2008 23:18

Might not Squeaver used them for a high ideals private school and just a wow that looks easy.

Soapbox · 31/08/2008 23:21

I have discovered that a sharpie permanant ink pen does the job in far less time that all that sewing in labels thing!

It doesn't wash or rub off and is pretty damned quick too!

herbietea · 31/08/2008 23:25

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alipiggie · 31/08/2008 23:41

Sharpie pen here- best invention ever. I truly pity my Mum who sewed Cash's labels onto all my uniform in the 70's

SqueakyPop · 01/09/2008 07:15

I do the loop method for socks and towels.

I try to machine on as many of the others as possible, and only hand sew for things that can't have the stitches showing through.

SqueakyPop · 01/09/2008 07:16

The downside of a pen is that it makes it harder to sell on or hand down the old clothes. You can really only do initials, too.

lubyluby · 01/09/2008 07:38

sewing so much better, if you intend handing uniform down as we are. i got our labels from ebay for £1.75 and sewed them on last night, only takes a couple of minutes.

for easier identifing i think it needs to be flat in things liek shirts and sweatshirts, but for trousers i did the loop.

I haven't done sock s as didn;t think i would need too? where would i sew name lbaels on socks?

Word · 02/09/2008 20:59

A loop just inside the top!

Word · 02/09/2008 21:00

And please don't think I'm worried about losing a sock that costs 20p or summat - I'm mostly worried about how my DS would feel if he were left without one!

Word · 18/09/2008 20:30

I'm taking it all back.....

DS has had some happy times at school pulling off the name-tags I lovingly sewed onto his socks....

LadyMuck · 18/09/2008 20:33

Ds2's socks are £7.50 per pair (more than his shorts and shirt together). I name socks religiously, and check after each wash.

FabioVicePeeperPlopper · 18/09/2008 20:36

Just use a biro.
I ficking hate sewing name tapes on.
I look at m'bleeding fingers and think I'm a factory urchin from the seventeen bundreds. and hundreds.

sry.

am quite drunkin,

but if you must do the loopy thing.
it will save you hours and hours.

Word · 18/09/2008 20:37

No, Fabio - it only saves hours until the little monster darling tugs at the loops and pulls 'em off!