Invisible Darning
Dear Aunt Daisy, I do not know whether you have heard of this idea or not. While pressing my costume skirt the other day I missed my little boy, so of course, left everything as it was, and went to look for him. When I came back I found that my skirt had been leaning against the hot iron, which had burnt a hole about an inch long, in it! You can imagine my disgust. Then an idea came to me. While I was on holiday I saw my friend mending her coat with a hair of her head. The result was, I mended my skirt with a hair out of my head! It doesn’t matter what colour hair you have, or what colour your material is, you can always make a very neat job. You cannot see where I’ve darned the hole, yet my costume is blue, and I am a brunette. I hope you will find this some use if you have not heard of it before.
-Mrs.
L.
C.
(Blenheim).
Many thanks. I have heard of darning a wedding veil with white human hairwhich made a very effective job. Your idea is most interesting.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 155, 12 June 1942, Page 25
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199Invisible Darning New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 155, 12 June 1942, Page 25
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