Hi everyone
I am looking for a little help, my current project is a waistcoat which I am making of suiting material. The waistcoat has a false welt and a pocket welt which is positioned at the lower edge.
Here is the error due to the thickness of the fabric, I found slitting the pocket/welt difficult and resorted to my rotary cutter, unfortunately I let the cutter overrun a little and I have a small hole in my fabric on the right side. Please advise the best way of mending this? I do not want to start the project again if at all possible.
Any tips or ideas gratefully received.
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pocket welt
Could you darn or patch and sew a sprat head for strength and decoration as per attached, if it's in the corner of the pocket.
Pocket solution
I did think about darning but it can look even more of a mess (when I do it). I am liking the sprat head, please share how to do one?
excited about this maybe not a complete disaster, but a decorative design. Love it.
Did you check the diagram of the sprat head . check google I saw an example on a blog
I've attached what I thought rough sketch.
Pocket welt
Hi I did see your attachment after I sent my reply, apologies for that. I think that I will use a combination of the sprat head at the corners and some zig zag along the side by this method I should be able to slip a think piece of material to cover the error.
Thanks once again for turning a disaster into a design feature.
Successful sprat head
Just a quick line to say that the sprat head covered my nicks beautifully. They took quite a few practice runs, but that is better than starting all over again.
Many thanks for the tip, I may use it again for design detail on another project.
Regards
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