Mending Moth-Holes
Dear Aunt Daisy, You were talking the other day about mending a coat spoilt with moth-holes. Well, here is my experience. I once had the offer of a good coat very cheap, because it had moth-holes on _ both shoulders. So I just pulled some threads from the seams and darned it to the grain of the material, and then had it dry-cleaned. To my great satisfaction you cannot even find where it has been darned. Thanking you for your many good hints, and wishing you all the best for many years to come.-"Just a Link," Kaponga. Thank you very much. Your idea is excellent, and as the thread used is really part of the material, it does not show, as silk or cotton would. Even if you can only pull out very short threads, it is well worth the time and patience expended. There is also the idea of sticking tiny pieces of the material underneath the holes with gum-arabic water, and pressing with a warm iron. The gum-arabic sticks better than white of egg, which used to be recommended for this pur-pose-and which was often found to leave a whitish mark. Clear nail varnish is also very good for sticking on such patches-or even seccotine. If the patches are a fair size, you may need to catch them on lightly with a few stitches as well. To make gum-arabic water, just dissolve about a teaspoonful in a little hot water, ss to make a sticky liquid.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 331, 26 October 1945, Page 23
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