Making a Star Trek insignia patch for lounge / pyjama top...

I wanted to make a pyjama top for my husband using recycling materials. I drafted it all from his favourite pyjama top and made it all virtually from scratch.

Unfortunately the sleeve pattern turned out too big for the material I’d chosen so I found a new material and then I just changed the colour of the body sections as well.

As I was sewing my daughters kept on saying that it looked like a Star Trek costume… As @pennsif and everyone here really is quite keen on Sci-fi and Star Trek… I thought ‘why not?

I’m no stranger to cosplay as I’ve made quite a few items for @mivstar, @tinygalaxy and @jen0revision…

I don’t have the skills or (usually) time to make it totally perfectly, but it's always about reminding people of a character / costume by using the right colours or aspects of the design… So what you will see below is not perfection; it’s ‘make-believe’.

Having finished the top I quickly continued with the insignia. There were many designs to choose from, but I settled for this one.

I used two layers of the black jersey material rather than felt to make it more washable. I then drew the insignia design onto a piece of paper and pinned it onto those two layers to keep it from moving.

I used running stitch to sew along the line drawing. I didn’t not use an embroidery hoop for this, but I did use embroidery thread to make the stitching ‘thicker’.

At this point, I would suggest making a copy of the design... because I then tore the paper carefully; like this :

This step was quite easy, but I had to adjust some of the sewing because the pulling loosened it a bit.

You can just see a loop that I needed to adjust, but it was no problem at all; I had the basic design.

The photo above shows me sewing along the gaps with running stitch. The idea is to have a continuous line - thanks to @tinygalaxy for taking the photo.

After making a continuous line, I thought of using whipped stitch all the way around to neaten the stitching… but didn’t work out that well - still it’s all part of the design 😂

I then sewed a little star with a longer top bit; after that I cut near the sewing line to make the patch - the fabric doesn't fray and it's quite tough to stand many machine washes.

I pinned it carefully on the top that I’d made and voila…

A happy trekki with a pj / lounge top and the insignia…

I would like to thank @neumannsalva 🖖🏼 for encouraging me to write specifically about the Star Trek connection and to @marblely also for encouraging me to go ahead and make them in different colour combinations 😂 and to @pennsif. Also thank you for reading and visiting my blog.

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All photos by @cryptocariad