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How to Make Iron-on Letters
You say you need a yellow G for your Speed Racer costume but you couldn’t sew a stitch if your life depended on it? Rest easy, you can make jiffy iron-on letters using some felt and your hot-glue gun.
There is probably a pre-glued interfacing material made just for this purpose, but I didn’t know about it or have any, so I used paper and hot glue which worked great and was easy enough.
Design the Letter
Draw or print you letter (or other shape for that matter) onto a thin sheet of paper and cut it out with scissors.
Glue the First Side
Lay the shape right-reading on a piece of waxed paper and apply glue to the front side. Use the hot glue gun with light trigger pressure so that barely any glue comes out. Think of it as a pen and “draw” a thin film of hot glue over the entire face of the shape. Pay special attention to the edges.
Don’t use too much glue, or it might seep through the felt when you apply the final mounting heat.
Place the letter on your felt with the glue side facing the material and apply enough heat with an iron to melt the glue to the felt.
Glue the Other Side
Flip the felt over and apply glue to the other side of the paper.
Cut
Trim the felt to the shape of the paper, and you’ve got yourself an iron-on.
You might check out a product called “stitch witchery”. You can get it at any fabric store (or Wally World)… Comes in a roll (like tape).
It would have saved you a bit of time. Also great for a quick fix when the thread pulls out of your pants cuff, or you need to fix a hem…
Have you tested it? How is it holding up?
Have you tested it? How is it holding up? The fate of my favorite jeans may depend on it…
Garrett,
If you are talking about the iron-on felt lettering, I am guessing that this would *not* be a good patch/repair method if that is what you are asking.
I am interested in the felt letters mostly.
My comment was sort of a joke. I am a bit annoyed with my beloved iron-on jean patches from the grocery store. They are not holding up as well as I remember they should.
I am curious as to how your felt letters are holding up. I imagine they aren’t machine washable - but could they last on a jacket (say for an ironic bicycle gang)?