Techniques for repairing clothes
This is one of the most common repairs I get. The hooks or bars on mens suit trousers can tear off the fabric. There are a number of ways it can be repaired. And instead of taking to an alteration shop, you could fix this yourself. That is of course if you are handy with a needle and thread. Happy altering Judith
How to fix tee shirt with oil stain when someone like me drops oil down my front. I must be a messy eater, because I always seem to drip something down my front. In this case it was an oil stain. Or it could have been from cooking and the oil splashed up and hit my top. But either way using talcum powder on the stain didn't work. For those of you who [...]
Repair padded lined jacket seam in 5 minutes flat. Okay maybe it will take 10 minutes, but it's easy to do. Most padded jackets are bulky, and when a seam comes undone, it might seem a hard repair to do. But it's not. If the seam is not repaired, it will get bigger and bigger. Then there will be an issue with the wadding on the inside of the jacket. Because [...]
Repair school uniform bonding powder is a video that will save you the cost of a new uniform. Why buy a new uniform, when you can repair the old one? This school uniform had a big tear on the hem line. It also had three other tears. In this video I show you how to repair the garment so that it is almost invisible. You will be [...]
jeans ripped at knee This repair tear in knee of jeans video is a little different. This client DID NOT want to loose the tears in the jeans. She wanted to keep the "look". But two of the tears had joined, making one very large rip. She asked if I could close it in the middle, keeping the frayed look. Here is what I did.