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How do you repair an embroidered skirt !!!

A friend gave me an embroidered folkloric skirt , embroidered all over , with Shishas and lovely stiches ,,, She pleased me as i like wearing this kind of clothes , esp on Holy Days and Exhibitions openings !!! I found that some of the embroidery was loose , or torn ,, but i can`t find the Exact threads , and even if i could find it , the `New part ` will Stick out as a sore. thus i chose a varigated thread that looked as close to the colour the original threads has now ,,,, i remade the stiches ,, finnished it and looked from a small distance ,,,, I couldn`t see the repairment . the varigated thread looks like the threads that lost some of it color over years of wearing and washing . mirjam

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mirjam
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It sounds like a clever solution. It is interesting what variagated threads can do; the ordinary ones, not the hand-dyed or sampler type, aren't used very much any more, but they used to be popular. I have some old table centres and pillowcases that use them. I suppose when there weren't as many colours in the store variagated threads sort of filled in the gaps. Shisha work was very often seen over here in the 60s and 70s; I had some nice pieces in my hippy days. You've made me nostalgic and want to find somethng to add some to.

Dawne

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Dawne Peterson

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