Poppy Nametags

 

I'm making the name tags for our upcoming BAMQ retreat in April, so I dug out two prior name tags to get some ideas on construction. This one is 5"wide,  3.75" high. I liked the yellow ruler printed cotton ribbon, it's very soft and looks cute too. It's a fairly simply sewn frame around the printed name section and it feels like it has some lightweight batting inside. Looks like it was likely sewn around 3 and a half sides, leaving an opening to turn it right-side out, with the neck ribbon sewn into the seam.

This name tag was from another of the BAMQ retreats, you can see our logo was used around the name section. It looks like it was fused to a very stiff interfacing along with a piece of fabric on the back.This is the no-sew version. It held up well and looked nice, it was very lightweight.

I think I like the position of two spots for the ribbon to be attached as opposed to the one point with a clippy lanyard. I remember it catches on my shirt and getting tangled with my necklace. So I will plan on doing the two spot attachment.

I think I will do a similar frame sort of look like the first example, and use the poppy fabric on the back of the name tag. Definitely going to keep it simple as I'm making a maximum of 14 of these name tags.

Still unsure on which of the two ribbons to use, I think I'll poll the other folks working on the retreat to see if anyone cares one way or the other.