All red dress, and all ready, with red accessories, 546
Angela Lansbury in red dress with white elephants. Photo by Trevor Sharot.
Angela Lansbury in red dress, with white elephants and red accessories. Photo by Trevor Sharot.
How to repair a torn Mark & Spencer slip and make the hem wider, Post 294
What is this? My repair. I have a lovely shiny, smart black slip, from Marks & Spencers. It has a slit with pretty lace edging. But it is slightly tight. It tore from the top of the slit, diagonally. I looked for another slip. The ones I found onlin were twice the price and not in a satiny fabric. I wore it torn. I repaired it several times. It tore again. I gave up. I wore it torn. Nobody sees. My husband saw. He complained. What could I do? It is useless to keep stitching it. It just tears again. I needed a new solution. I thought of adding a godet, a triangle of black fabric. I did not have anything to match. tht doesn't matter a godet is often a contrasting material. But that's when you have several godets and they look deliberate. I hunted in my sewing box. Boxes. All I had was teeny scraps of cloth in unsuitable fabrics. And ribbons. I thought about what I could do with the ribbons. They were not wide enough. But I could sew one each side of the slit. that would m
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