We're going on a cruise in the summer and Spouse will need his dinner suit.
The moths have also felt the need for it and have left several small holes in the jacket and the white lining shows through.
Can anyone suggest a way of dealing with these holes? I've tried colouring the lining with black felt tip but it's inadequate :-)
Invisible mending was once advertised widely but I haven't seen it for years.
Mary
There's a DMC encyclopaedia of needlework which has a section on various invisible mending techniques - but you could try something quick-n-easy.
If you can steal a big enough piece of the main fabric from a hidden area, you could try laying a bit of it under the hole (matching the grain, of course), then carefully cutting through both layers, so that the patch is _exactly_ the same size as the hole. Use fusible web underneath, backed with a very lightweight scrap of cloth.
It's a bit like patching plasterboard or vinyl flooring.....
Sheila
Ah, thanks, Sheila. I thought about pulling threads from hidden parts and darning but my eyes are not as good (even with specs) as they were when I learned that skill. Nor are my fingers ... I'd thought of using fusible web too but simply didn't think of your patching method.
Thanks again.
Now, about the hole in the bedroom ceiling plasterboard ... :-)
Mary
Check with a reputable dry cleaner to see if they have connections with someone offering a reweaving service.
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