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are many other methods of repairing which
are often wrongly described as "Invisible".
Proper Invisible Mending skills take many
years to perfect. There are no end of local
tailors and seamstresses who are "handy
with a needle" but that is in no way
the same as genuine "Invisible Mending"
Patching, machine darns and "woven
patch" techniques may have a place
when speed and cheapness is all that matters
but when a quality job is called for, only
proper Invisible Mending will do.
The term "Invisible
Mending" dates back more than 200
years and describes the highly skilled
and time-consuming method of repairing
damage to cloth by taking individual threads
from a hem, side seam or other concealed
part of the garment of the same type and
re weaving them over the damaged area
to make as near perfect repairs as is
humanly possible.
When the unfortunate
occurs and a garment is torn, ripped or
damaged. Often the immediate thought is
that the garment is relegated to that
of an "around the house" or
"gardening" type of garment.
If the garment was originally not cheap,
is a favourite or is part of a suit or
outfit then mending is often a very practical
alternative. We can provide three methods
of repair, firstly a machine repair that
will prevent the damage from spreading,
however the result is normally very obvious
and not suited to "Sunday best".
The two other options are fine mending
and invisible mending. As the name suggests
fine mending is just that and depending
on the type of fabric and location of
the damage is often a very satisfactory
method of repair. Invisible mending is
the most intricate method of repair, and
involves threads being pulled from seam
allowances, hems or the like and then
reweaving the damaged part of the fabric.
The costs and time
associated with both fine mending and
invisible mending mean that in both cases
work is typically not undertaken until
the job is quoted.
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