Finishing touches and logo.

I have gathered the majority of the badges and pins now, some of which are printed fabric versions. The Fanderson badge goes  for around £70 on ebay, so I had one made instead for a fraction of that cost, it's slightly smaller, but that's not too obvious really, so a good compromise.

I intend to print the remaining ones on fabric and glue on - the United States Paratrooper patch, hand of cards - what looks to be a king, and four aces with the ace of diamonds on top, and a  Thunderbirds badge. There are other small pins, but her jacket changes episode by episode, and I am going for Survival.

I had a couple of goes at the back - the first one  was too small, and  the second I have gone with and attached, although I may make it a little narrower at some point.

To make the back, I scanned a logo in, then increased the image size, and worked on it to remove pixelization, and create a clear template. The A is a great image which could be printed onto fabric, as the template is very clear. I then drew around the template, onto the white felt, and cut it out - then I drew a line around the red felt, so I had a red A of the same size. I then drew a second line, all the way around the red A, I didn't measure it, but it was probably about one half a cm. Then  I glued the two pieces together using copydex. This did seep through the felt a little, so if I did it again, I would use it more sparingly. It made the felt more rigid, but not too much - it was just about right.

I did a similar thing with the "ce". Drawing round a printed template - this time, I stuck the yellow to the white felt, and then cut around it once it was drying, as the yellow did no need a white border. I then removed the part of white felt which sat on the A, so that the whole logo had the same thickness.

Once it was all dry, I then used Fabric Fusion to adhere the logo to the jacket. I measured to make sure I was getting it totally centered, and left it for several hours to dry.

Here is the front, i'm happy to wear it as is, but will add those last touches once my replacement CISS for my printer arrives and I can print onto the fabric sheets I bought, as it's leaking ink terribly at the moment!