Repairing a cut

[Sandra]

Lovely work, Jessie.

It's a good, busy pattern, so it's pretty well hidden.

Sandra.
xxx

[Ploshkin]

Well mended Jessie.  I couldn't see the repairs at all in the first picture until I had looked at the close up one.

[Iminei]

All Lilya will know is that shes wearing her favourite dress.... Invisible to the unsearching eye, Bravo!!

[b15erk]

Thanks girls, with hindsight, I would have used a darker variegated thread, and practised on an unseen part of the dress.  I'm fairly happy with it though.

When I washed it afterwards though, I was amazed at how much dye came out!  The water was purple!  Good job I handwashed.

Jessie

[arrow]

The repair looks very good to me. I have tried variegated thread to make it blend in better, but more often than not it doesn't. Finding a neutral color is often the best and esiest. The problem with variegated thread is the colors never go in the place they should, so it of it is a bit off sync anyway.

I have wondered if it's worth keeping a packed of color catch paper for cases like these. It can prevent bleeding and with the garment in a separate wash it should come out the same as hand wash.