How To Apply Patches to Hats Using a Heat Press

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Embroidery is a beautiful way to decorate shirts, caps, and a ton of many other items easily and permanently. Being able to choose from a vast selection of thread colors helps you customize or color match anything you choose and truly make it unique.


If you haven’t checked out the Royal thread line, you’ve got to see what dazzling colors are available! Check out this demonstration on sewing a coat of arms in Royal Thread colors : youtu.be/56zWv3ysPck


One of the best things about embroidery is that you can also create patches to go on items you might have never considered or have found hard to embroider the way you envisioned. Backpacks are a trendy new location for embroidered designs but aren't the friendliest to hoop.


That’s when patches are a great solution. Not only can you make them removable if you need to be able to switch them out, they can also be made permanent. With a bit of HeatSeal glue you can adhere a patch to any place you can use a heat press!

We used the Avance 1501C 15 needle embroidery and monogramming machine to create this custom patch. If you'd like to learn more visit the website here: avance-emb.com/best-embroidery-machine/ watch more videos like this one: youtu.be/r78_1Nr12aA

Colman and Company has the perfect heat seal glue to help secure patches for you: colmanandcompany.com/Heat_Seal_Backing1.html and dopnt forgetto see how we make patches : youtu.be/w8htHCtzWEM


Visors, like in this demonstration are a tad tricker to hoop but with a patch you can get really close to the brim and wont even have the bobbin or backing exposed to the person who ends up wearing it! All you need is a cap press, like the Hotronix Cap Press we use in this video.


What’s even cooler is that you can sew out several in just one go and have several patches ready for application right away! You don’t have to do each hat individually!


So to apply the patch onto our visor we first want to make sure it fits on the cap. Then we want to use a few key items:

We like the thermal tape to hold the patch in place: colmanandcompany.com/FILM-HEATTAPE-72Y.html

Use a flexible finishing sheet to avoid creases in the cap colmanandcompany.com/HX-FLEXSHEET-18X22.html

Use a silicone release sheet to protect your heat press from glue: colmanandcompany.com/DFX-FPAPER.html

And of course a Hotronix Cap Press: colmanandcompany.com/HX-STXC.html


Now we lay the folded flexible finishing sheet onto the Cap Press to soften the creases, then we secure our cap in place and then position our patch where we want it.


Then use thermal tape to hold it in place. Cover with the Silicone sheet and close the cap press for 20-25 seconds until the Heat Seal glue is melted.


Carefully remove your visor and remove the tape. There you have it! A patch placed permanently on the cap without having to hoop a cap at all!


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