Is it easy to sew breast eagles?

[ssgjoe]

Naw, we're good lol


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[cblackthorne]

Im new here, but I have been doing WWII re-enacting for some time so let me offer a suggestion for sewing Bevo breast eagles.

Go to your local fabric shop and ask for "stitch witch." There are different brands with different names, but if the employees are remotely qualified they will know what you are talking about.

Basically its an iron on backing for making your own iron on appliques.

Take your breast eagle and lay in down on the ironing board face down. Cut out a piece of "stitch witch" slightly bigger than your eagle and lay it on top of the eagle with the paper side on top, facing out. Follow the instructions for the "stich witch" but the summary is to lay a piece of cloth over the eagle and stitch witch then iron it all down for about a minute. When you finish remove the cloth and let the eagle and stich witch (now one piece glued together) cool off for 15 minutes. At that point you can remove the paper backing of the stich witch from the eagle. You should now see a nice shiny layer on the back of the eagle.

You may ask, "Why did I just do that? I don't want to iron this on my tunic?" Well, the answer is that the stitch witch will help prevent the Bevo eagle from threading and coming apart on you while you try and sew it.

With the stich witch on the back, you can trim the eagle and sew it with a better result. I have even been able to trim the eagle down and sew it without needing to fold anything over and the end result looks the same.

I hope this helps.

Regards,
Chris

[luftwelle93]

Sounds pretty cool.I might try that,thanks!