Moth Holes in Men's Suits

New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 221, 17 September 1943, Page 19

Moth Holes in Men's Suits

Dear Aunt Daisy, I heard you speak of one of our Links being in difficulties over moth holes in her husband’s trousers. Well, I had the same experience, and can well imagine her distress. However, I gathered together my wits, cut a piece of cloth from the inside seam, as your correspondent also did, and then applied a very thin line of the new and popular glue, sold in collapsible tubes, around the edge of the patch. Then I laid it underneath the moth hole and pressed in the usual way. You can guess just how successful it was when my husband did not even know a thing about it. I may add that no glue showed through on the right side--Another Link (Kelbarn). Recovering Feather Pillows Dear Aunt Daisy, When we were young, my mother always melted beeswax or yellow soap to a jelly, and brushed it on the inside of any firm material to keep the feathers from coming through feather pillows. Another good idea she had was thiswhen a thin place appeared on a rug or carpet, she would take a steel knitting needle, lay it along the thin place, and sew over with a matching wool, carrying on until the thin place was covered. Sew the rows close together, and match your mend if possible. When finished, cut, the loops of wool, and give a brush to it, when you will hardly notice the mend. I thought that seeing how often you are asked about carpets you might like to know.-N.0O., Blenhein.