At a recent, frigid football game, I brushed up against a propane heater in my favorite, almost new, long coat. It now has a half-circle burned area (it's washable, so must be polyester) on the lower front. I'm thinking of making some decorative leaves, or curly-queus to applique over the damaged area and maybe a small applique on the upper part of the coat to make it look like they all belong there. I found some micro-suede knitted material almost the same color as the collar and cuffs. It doesn't ravel, so I thought I'd use a little basting spray to hold the shapes on and then machine stitch around them. Does anyone have any other ideas? I really love this coat and don't want to throw it out.
Repairing a coat
Dec 04, 2008
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Unless you have an embroidery machine, I'd say go for the Appliqué.I'd try them out first by pinning them on, and see what kind of arraignment suits your eye. I did that on a favorite sweat shirt that had bleach spots on it. I have I used fabric that was rocks,sand and water. It's meant for landscape quilts. One of my friends saw it and wanted to know where I bought it. when I told her the story as to why it 's the way it is she wanted to know if I'd do one for her. I told her only if she got bleach spots on her shirt. Juno
Juno !!! You took the words out of my keyboard !!! I have done my share od repairing , i am all for the applique repairs !!! They add strength and warmth to a `damaged part`... I have gone as far as moving appliqued parts from clothing item to clothing item ... mirjam
That's exactly what I did to a nice shirt a few years ago. I went to a family get-together, and a niece gave me her baby to hold. Without realizing she had fed him chocolate just before handing him over; I put him on my shoulder and got a bad a chocolate smear on it. It's pink, white & gray stripe; I appliqued a small design on the shoulder as well as 2-3 other strategically places. Everytime I wear it, I get lots of compliments. Emily
No, that sounds good. :) My sis did a similar things with embroidered fruit aplpliques when she splashed bleach on a skirt and it burned little holes in it. Looks great - much better than plain! :D
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