Show make repairs Eie pairs the old adage about a stitch in time certainly holds true of small repairs on blouses and lingerie 9 erle repairing these garments in time will often save the garment whereas they may be rendered completely unusable if they are left even tor for a day dont discard blouses simply because they become stained stain ed or worn under the arm shield shaped inserts of matching material frequently takes care of the damage they are also inconspicuous to make this type of patch cut away the damaged portion and cut a patch in the sha shape P e of a shield leave twice as much seam scam allowance as ordinarily open oilen the armhole seam halfway around then baste in the shield stitch by machine and then close armhole sew seams on slips as soon ds as they show signs of coming apart spart reinforce them with the same fabric if necessary straps should be sewed in place as soon as they show signs of coming apart from the garment if allowed to come apart they may strain and tear the fabric or lace lace trimmings on lingerie must be carefully and neatly patched in matching thread as soon as they tend to give way |