attaching a fabric patch to knitting?

Hi guys, I've been hard at work struggling to duplicate-stitch Mario into a scarf. FINALLY DONE! My first and LAST effort--wayyy too much work for me! LOL. I didn't want to knit it in because I wasn't sure of the pattern, and I figured with top-stitching it, I could always remove bits and change my mind. That part worked out well. NOW....

Now, I have embroidered a large patch in a pretty matching fabric to protect the back side of the stitching in this young boy's scarf. The picture is large--the width of the scarf, almost--so the patch is, too--about 8x8 inches or so. What is the most attractive way of attaching this fabric patch to the back of the scarf? I have embroidered it with the boy's name and "signed" it as well with my embroidered signature and the date. Thanks!

Wendy A Knitting Fool in CT mysmt-at-sbcglobal.net

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myswendy
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Best way in my experience , is to lay it on the place you want it and first use a tacking thread .. see that it doesnt pull etc,, than have

2 metods , 1 sew it on the knitting with a Zigzag catching a stitch with both `loops`, and back to cloth piece. 2, make an embroidery Blanket stich around the cloth while sewing it onto the knitted piece . After you chose either of the above , turn the work and you may embroider over the Seams seen on the `better`, side . If you use an embroidery thread whose color matches the wool it might be almost invisible , if it is make it into an ornament , mirjam
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mirjam

Thank you so much, Mirjam! I have been puzzling over this for days. :)

Wendy

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myswendy

You are very welcome Wendy , i did it many times , in clothes and in art works , that it became a habit ,,, mirjam

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mirjam

Ok, I finished it up this afternoon. I used a blanket stitch around the edges and since it was such a large patch, I put a little bit of fabric glue around the center bits to help hold the body of the patch in place. It looks WONDERFUL! Thanks again.

Wendy :D

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myswendy

Congrats on finnishing ,,,, i am not very kin on glue but if it works for you ?? next time you might just embroider a tiny thing instead ,??? mirjam

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mirjam

HAHAHA! Yeah really! But as this was my first one, well...I wanted a nice large picture ("Mario") for this kid to be thrilled by. The purpose of the patch was to protect the back of the duplicate stitching. Oh-- you can see it here, if you would like:

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Wendy PS--the glue was a clear fabric glue. I only used a couple of tiny dabs in the very center of the patch, which was thick enough to handle it without a clue that there is glue in there. It keeps the center of the patch from poofing out, as I didn't want to stitch that part over the design.

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myswendy

Wendy i wasn`t scolding you , just pondering in writing , i happen not to like glue on any cloth in any technique i make ,,, mirjam

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mirjam

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