My father, left me an embroidery which he had stitched. Although not very old it has been stored  badly so the cotton background material is stained.

I have washed the embroidery and the stains have not come out but worse one stain has now become a small hole.

The hole is about ¼” diameter. It is too close to the embroidery to be covered by the frame and the design is such that I cannot cover it with more embroidery. So a mend of some sorts is necessary. 


Any suggestions as to how to go about this as inconspicuously as possible would be appreciated.  My first thought is to place a small piece of cotton fabric behind the hole and stitch it down with   matching cotton thread.

Thank you

I need to cut some fabric strips and I would normally pull a thread and then use shears.

However as I need several metres it would be faster to use a rotary cutter but the only time I have done this my strip had a slight “V” shape! Has anyone any tips so that I  can avoid this fault.