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To: aruanan
do you know that you can have a hole in a suit and have it rewoven so that the former hole is undetectable?

Quote, link, source??

Just kidding. I hate when people ask for a link on something they can get as easily themselves, or which is something everyone else already knows. Believe me or don't, I don't care, but don't assign me your homework. By the way, I have a few suits that could use some repair of holes. The moths got into the closet not too long ago. Is there a good way to fix them, or should I throw them out?

35 posted on 05/08/2010 3:28:42 PM PDT by Defiant (At what point will average Democrats say their leaders have gone too far? Is there any limit?)
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To: Defiant
Just kidding. I hate when people ask for a link on something they can get as easily themselves, or which is something everyone else already knows. Believe me or don't, I don't care, but don't assign me your homework. By the way, I have a few suits that could use some repair of holes. The moths got into the closet not too long ago. Is there a good way to fix them, or should I throw them out?

Almost any good tailors could repair that kind of damage... but most of them don't employ "French Invisible Reweaving" to accomplish that. The tailor will take a small piece of the original cloth from a selvage edge that doesn't show from a hem, or a seam and reweave that into the hole. I have had expensive suits repaired with that type of reweaving in the past, one from an inadvertent cigarette burn from an idiot swinging his lit cigarette around, others from moth holes... it usually costs between $20 and $30 per hole. That type of repair is visible from the back, with the ends of the patch threads left hanging.

The French Invisible Reweaving is reserved for much more expensive cloths such as tapestries and arrases that are more complex and valuable. It is not visible from either side. I have seen examples of such repairs in museums and there is a 1950's pamphlet that has been recently uncovered that shows the technique.

For your suits, you will have to count the number of holes and assess whether it is less expensive to have them repaired or replaced... at $30 per hole, it totals up fast. But if they are $1200-$1500 suits, that's a lot of holes... But there is also the limit on the amount of material that is available for patching from the selvages and seams...

43 posted on 05/09/2010 1:05:13 PM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE isAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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