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This is an idea for how you can use embroidery to mend a torn,
but cosy and well-loved sweatshirt. The same idea can be used What to do
if your dear doggy ate a hole in your old, but very cosy and favorite home
sweater? Just to throw it away? No! Try to mend it. And with the help of
your embroidery machine this task will not be very diffucult and boring.
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| This is our sweatshirt... |
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| This is what happens to sweatshirts when they get too close to the
teeth of small Bull Terrier puppies: |
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| Incidentally, this is the culprit: |
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| To mend the sweatshirt, we decided to use the Blue Bell Set. The large
flower will cover the hole, and the mid-sized flower will be placed on
the shoulder for harmony. We wanted to embroider the small flower, too,
but we just couldn't find a suitable spot for it. You might want to embroider
them on jeans to match the sweatshirt.
The paper printouts help mark the placement of the designs. |
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| After choosing the spots for the designs, we stabilized the sweatshirt
with iron-on cut-away stabilizer. When ironing the stabilizer on, under
the part with the hole, use the torn ends of the fabric to neatly cover
the hole, then press from the face of the sweater to fuse the stabilizer
to the fabric. |
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| Hoop both layers together and do the embroidery. Cut away the excess
stabilizer. No traces of the hole are noticeable. This sweater will still
hold up for a while. |
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| The second flower on the shoulder makes the sweater even more
attractive. |
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| We hope that you like our idea and will come up with many of your own. |
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