How Clothing Labels Can Be Made Locally

By Charles Lee


Textile industries use soft plastic tags on the cloth fabric for several reasons. One of them is to portray the type of material used to fabricate a cloth. Another reason is to portray the washing and ironing guidelines. These tags are known as clothing labels. They can also be made at home using the following easy to learn steps. These instructions apply to those who want to start a business of making and selling handmade products.

Some tools are needed for this activity. For instance, you require a stencil, sprays, ribbons, gloves and scissors for starters. Make sure that these materials are available before commencing with the process of making cloth stickers. The stencil also needs to have a logo that has been designed depending on what you like.

Most people prefer embedding logos on a stencil by themselves. In this case, you require a machine known as a laser cutter. This machine embeds texts and images that have been designed using graphics software onto a stencil. Ensure that you seek guidance when working with the graphics software and laser cutters.

The procedure involves spraying paint on an acrylic leaf. This procedure should commence once you have ensured that gloves, spray paints and scissors are available. Furthermore, it is wise to ensure that the spray paint does not emit thick paint because this will saturate the tool. In this case, you need to purchase a new spray paint from a hardware store. Painting should take place in a properly ventilated room. You can also decide to carry out the painting procedure outside.

The next procedure involves slotting a ribbon over a stencil. The main objective of this procedure is to obtain a shadow copy of the contents of the equipment onto the ribbon. You require a spray paint in this procedure. Make sure that your hand lies directly above the stencil at a distance of about ten inches.

You need to exercise caution when carrying out the fifth procedure. To be precise, you need to ensure that the stencil is not fully covered with paint. Another important thing to do is to cut the ribbon slowly making sure that it does not touch the stencil at the back. You can clean the stencil or buy a brand new one when it is covered in paint.

Allow the ribbon to dry for you to cut it into different lengths using scissors. This procedure ensures that tags are obtained from a dried ribbon. These tags are then folded and sewn to make a seam. It is advisable to sew the cut ends of the tags for the seam to be more appealing in appearance.

There are high chances of succeeding with the last procedure. In this step, you are required to use a simple and effective sewing machine to make a seam of the dried ribbon. It is advisable to choose strings with brighter colors for the tag to be more appealing. A metal can be used to straighten and fold the seam. Once this procedure is over, the final product is known as a cloth tag.




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