attaching fabric badges to mat board

[BTL-A4]

My wife has her Gold Award in a closet and I'm framing it for display. I want to include the two badges she got with it. I'm curious if anyone has attached Girl/Boy Scout badges to matte board, and how it was done.

I haven't been able to find anything about this specific combination. Most of what I found was gluing them to fabric sashes.

I've thought of using glue, but I thought there might be a better way so the badges don't get ruined.

Some possibilities:
1. Sewing them with fishing line. Might be hard to push thru the matte board and might not look clean.
2. Using some sort of wide-head rivet/bolt. The head might be too high and this could look ugly.
3. Using the pressure of the glass front and matte board backing to hold them. If the matte board flexes, the badges will fall.

Anyone got any better ideas?

Thanks!

 

[southalabama]

Needle and fishing line
Tagging gun
Velcro
Hot glue

Used all of the above

Nothing should touch the glass.

 

[BTL-A4]

Needle and fishing line
Tagging gun
Velcro
Hot glue

Used all of the above

Nothing should touch the glass.

Did the hot glue bled thru at all?

By tagging gun, are you referring to the device that punches the little plastic doodads that hold the price tag into clothing?

For velcro, how did you attach it to the badge?

Thanks for the suggestions!

 

[southalabama]

Hot glue didn’t bleed thru but was meh
Yes tagging gun puts those plastic deals thru
Velcro had adhesive on each side

 

[southalabama]

Also can use ATG tape

 

[kerrynzl]

Double sided fabric tape [the non iron on variety]

 

[LeonardY]

My wife has her Gold Award in a closet and I'm framing it for display. I want to include the two badges she got with it. I'm curious if anyone has attached Girl/Boy Scout badges to matte board, and how it was done.

I haven't been able to find anything about this specific combination. Most of what I found was gluing them to fabric sashes.

I've thought of using glue, but I thought there might be a better way so the badges don't get ruined.

Some possibilities:
1. Sewing them with fishing line. Might be hard to push thru the matte board and might not look clean.
2. Using some sort of wide-head rivet/bolt. The head might be too high and this could look ugly.
3. Using the pressure of the glass front and matte board backing to hold them. If the matte board flexes, the badges will fall.

Anyone got any better ideas?

Thanks!

Get some fabric and sew it to the back of the patches. Make the pieces of fabric smaller than the patch. Then glue the fabric to the board. The patches will be fine if you remove them.
Or wrap the board in fabric and stitch the patches to it.
Swing by Hobby Lobby, they got all kinds of stuff for what you want to do.