i made these: embroidered faux scout badges
August 11th, 2008 by moxie
i was going to wait until i had a ton of designs, but i just could not resist sharing. i’m terrible at waiting.
can’t stop making them, either. they are the crafty equivalent of snacking on potato chips!
Posted in i am so great, made by moxie, needlework, random goodness
August 11th, 2008 at 5:39 PM
brilliant!!
your patches reminded me of when i was a girl scout camp counselor. we got patches for the classes that we taught and i always used to rename them after i’d sewn them on my bag. in the case of a equestrian themed one my “godfather” patch. i seem to recall one morphing into a “petty theft” badge as well. heh heh.
August 12th, 2008 at 6:10 AM
Asteroids and Pong merit badges?!? Holy crap, girl, you are killing me with your genius brain! All my base are belong to you.
August 12th, 2008 at 1:46 PM
These are fantastic! I spotted them on Craft! I would be proud to earn that martini badge! =)
August 12th, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Hee hee! These are GREAT! I’d love to have a set of these with all the video games I’ve beaten… and I love the drink icons!
Very nice!
August 12th, 2008 at 2:15 PM
Oh, this is great, I should make something like these for my night owl forum sisters!
August 12th, 2008 at 2:36 PM
ummm hello awesome! have i ever told you i collect old girl scout badges?
August 12th, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Thanks for sharing! They are fantastic. I especially love the Space Invaders….I remember the hours and quarters I spent as a teen trying to beet the scores of by buddies. And Pong! What a hoot. These brought a smile to a very tired just-home-from-work face. Thanks.
August 12th, 2008 at 4:20 PM
Ha! My husband pointed out it is Asteroids, not Space Invaders….Oh this old brain.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:44 PM
These are amazing! They remind me of a brilliant evening of drunken conversation with a friend about the ‘Beer Scouts of America’ – we had ideas for badges, rules, uniform, everything. All of which we had forgotten by morning, except for the name.
August 13th, 2008 at 4:35 AM
I was actually just thinking how much I wanted merit badges for those invisible achievements of adult life — successfully navigating an unfamiliar city, getting along with in-laws, leading a raiding group in World of Warcraft, stuff like that. You may have given me the kick to actually DO them! Excellent!
August 13th, 2008 at 6:28 AM
I would love to know how you made these. Did you buy the badge blanks somewhere, or make them yourself? They are so awesome.
August 13th, 2008 at 7:24 AM
Please say you’ll be making a beer patch, and then selling said beer patch? I’d totally buy one.
August 13th, 2008 at 4:21 PM
I need a beer patch too! And could you make one for reading, and one for beading, and one for needle felting, and one for kitties who won’t leave you alone when you are trying to type, and one for…
August 17th, 2008 at 2:02 PM
These are so awesome that I have learn how to embroider to make some for myself. Where did you get the badge blanks?
August 19th, 2008 at 6:22 PM
I love the idea of you making lots and selling them…I’d buy a beer patch too!
August 20th, 2008 at 12:22 PM
I received a book “You Can Do It! the Merit Badge Handbook for Grown-up Girls” and these are PERFECT!
August 24th, 2008 at 9:39 AM
these are brilliant! I love them!!!
September 11th, 2008 at 9:15 PM
I love them! I’ve had a couple of people ask me to make them some custom patches like these. I too was wondering how you made the patches…did you start from scratch or with some pre-made blank badges??
September 14th, 2008 at 7:23 PM
super cool.
I’ll buy the asteroids patch from you! 🙂
October 26th, 2008 at 6:46 PM
i need several of these.
May 5th, 2009 at 8:06 PM
these are really cool! but I know what they are too!! we had them when I was in Junior Girl Scouts. they are blank patches to use for a troop logo. we got them and had an airplane put on them because we were #747….yeah super creative leaders. I know. but you can get them online i think, from the girl scouts website.