Insignia sewing stich's

[james1941]

Is it better to sew the insignia by hand or have it sewn on with a machine?
Hand sewing, whats the most accurate way to stich? Straight, cross or it dosn't matter. Im asking for a 41 jacket.

[UPNATM]

Sept 23, 2014 11:43:13 GMT -5 james1941 said:

Is it better to sew the insignia by hand or have it sewn on with a machine?
Hand sewing, whats the most accurate way to stich? Straight, cross or it dosn't matter. Im asking for a 41 jacket.

I would say it depends on if you plan on re-patching, or going slick sleeved depending on different event scenarios. It is a ton easier to pull off a hand sewn patch then it is to a machine sewn one.
I machine sew all of my class a ssi on, but tend to hand sew of go slick sleeved on my field uniforms.

[william03]

I use a whip stitch by hand for all my patches, I just pin them on and sew them down pretty quick process now that I've been doing it for a while.

[Kirby]

I sew by hand with no particular pattern. I doubt most GIs knew how to sew.

[james1941]

Was it common for the GI's to match the color thread to the patch or it didnt matter. I sewed my chevrons on my 41 jacket useing tan thread, should i of used black. I was thinking they would of just used what they had in there sewing kit

[william03]

I've used black, blue but mostly Tan since that kinda works for all patches and uniforms. I've encountered both on originals as well.

[james1941]

Sept 23, 2014 14:12:42 GMT -5 william03 said:

I've used black, blue but mostly Tan since that kinda works for all patches and uniforms. I've encountered both on originals as well.

The thread is tan

[cco23i]

GI's actually were very good at hand sewing items. In the field you learn how to sew in order to keep your uniforms in good shape.