Re: Invisible mending

Mary Fisher wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
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