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There may be times when sewing for a law enforcement officer, firefighter, security guards, or other professionals that wear a badge, there may be a need to make a badge holder on shirts that do not have them. With metal badges, a badge holder is essential. The badge holder keeps the shirt from wearing or fraying where the points of the pin are placed in the fabric. For instance, many mounted posses wear metal badges, but the shirts they wear do not have badge holders.
Below I describe how to go about making badge holders using buttonholes. The process is relatively easy, especially after you have made a few. Here is the method:
1. Cut light to medium weight fusible interfacing into 2-1/2 inch x 1-1/2 inch rectangles.
2. Fuse to the wrong side of the shirt centered 1/2 inch above the left pocket. (Most badges are worn on the left)
3. Make 1/2 to 5/8 inch buttonholes centered horizontally with the pocket and interfacing allowing 1-1/2 inches between buttonholes.
TIPS
Make buttonholes on wrong side of shirt so that you can use a disappearing ink marker to make your markings. Take the time to make accurate measurements so that the buttonholes turn out straight and even. I find that working the buttonholes on the wrong side of the shirt works well in making those accurate markings.
Do not open the buttonholes. The sharp point of the badge pin will go through the fabric enclosed by the buttonhole.
For more information on sewing for law enforcement and fire agencies, visit http://www.sewingforpoliceandfire.com.
