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For anyone who has done a patch blanket, did you match the thread to each individual badge (so the back looks funny) or did you use all red thread? I can't decide which will look better.

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Do what you feel like...it's your blanket.

 

I don't own an "official" red patch blanket. Then again, I'd need a lot more than one as I currently have four completely covered twin-size blankets, and am working on numbers 5 & 6 at the same time. Four of the six are things I've picked-up through trading and two are things I've done in scouting. In most cases, I don't match-up the thread. I'm currently using an industrial-size spool of khaki thread I picked-up at Hathaway Shirt Company, just before they closed their last American plant some seven years ago in my old home town.

 

Old photos (need to update'em) of some of my blankets are on my patch trading website: http://home.gwi.net/~moxieman/patches/

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I use nylon thread. It's clear and quite thin. I double it up and it works really well, and I don't have to re-thread to sew on new patches. I also use a little Elmer's glue to anchor all the patches in place so I know where they're all going.

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When I stated "official" patch blanket, I'm referring to the red BSA patch blanket:

 

http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/ItemDetail.aspx?cat=01RTL&ctgy=PRODUCTS&c2=GIFTS&c3=GIFT_MISC&c4=&lv=3&item=55290'>http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/ItemDetail.aspx?cat=01RTL&ctgy=PRODUCTS&c2=GIFTS&c3=GIFT_MISC&c4=&lv=3&item=55290

 

You might have to copy/paste that URL due to it's length. Or just go to http://www.scoutstuff.org and search for blanket.

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