Custom Patches for Valentine's Day

Patch ideas

Popular for this one: Heart patches, iron-on gifts

Colors that fit: Red/pink

Production takes 10 business days plus shipping. Order by Sun, January 24 to have your patches in time.

Starting prices

• Embroideredfrom $0.60 a patch
• Chenillefrom $1.37 a patch

Bulk pricing. See the price table.

How patches are used for Valentine’s Day

• Heart and initial patches as iron-on gifts for jackets and bags.
• Classroom and club valentine patches in bulk.
• Fundraiser patches for school and team sales.
• Couple and friendship patches for matching hats.

The history of Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is celebrated on February 14, the feast day of Saint Valentine, a name shared by more than one early Christian martyr in Rome. The link between the day and romantic love appears in English writing in the fourteenth century, most famously in Geoffrey Chaucer’s poem “Parlement of Foules”, which describes birds choosing their mates on Saint Valentine’s day.

Handwritten valentines were popular in Britain by the 1700s, and printed cards followed in the 1800s. In the United States, Esther Howland of Massachusetts began selling elaborate lace-and-paper valentines in the 1840s and is often called the mother of the American valentine. Today Valentine’s Day is one of the biggest card and gift days of the year.

Modern Valentine’s Day is not only for couples. Classmates exchange cards, friends celebrate Galentine’s Day, and teams and clubs use it for fundraisers. Heart patches and iron-on gifts are a simple way to personalize a jacket, bag or hat, and they are popular with schools and clubs looking for small, low-cost gifts in quantity.

Sources: Encyclopaedia Britannica: Valentine’s Day