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Show Make Small Repairs The old adage about a stitch in time certainly holds true of small repairs on blouses and lingerie. lin-gerie. Repairing these garments in time will often save the garment, gar-ment, whereas they may be rendered ren-dered completely unusable if they are left unrepaired even for a day. Don't discard blouses simply because they become stained or worn under the arm. Shield-shaped Shield-shaped inserts of matching material ma-terial frequently takes care of the damage. They are also inconspicuous. incon-spicuous. To make this type of patch, cut away the damaged portion and cut a patch In the shape of a shield. Leave twice as much seam allowance as ordinarily. Open the armhole seam halfway around, then baste in the shield. Stitch by machine and then close armhole. Sew seams on slips as soon as they show signs of coming apart. 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. gar-ment. If allowed to come apart, they may strain and tear the fabric fab-ric or lace. Lace trimmings on lingerie must be carefully and neatly patched in matching thread as soon as they tend to give way. |