Flair a Hacker Bag

by Grissini in Craft > Fashion

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Flair a Hacker Bag

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My braggadocios bag to display my maker skills as I earn them.  Unfortunately, no one is currently giving out small, gold colored plastic trophies(3-d Printing Idea for someone) to celebrate the various achievements in makerdom.  But thankfully, Adafruit is producing patches!

http://www.adafruit.com/category/70  (Skill badges page)



At least 15 pieces of flair

Prep the Patches

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When these come from Adafruit they have UPC stickers attached to them.  My first thought was just to peel them off.  This left sticker residue that was very tough to pull off.  For the other dozen patches, I'd "make" smarter.  I pre-heated the patches and the stickers came right off.  

Start Ironing

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Iron on patches are pretty easy.  Get iron really hot, have fabric in between iron and patches, leave hot iron on there for 30 seconds.  Yeah, that's about it.  But also pay attention to where you place things.   Square edges will peel where the fabric curves.  

Fill With Cool Hacker Stuff

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Put your coolest gear in there or just boring textbooks and show-off that awesome bag.