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Old 10-18-2013, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Tartan View Post
I have not found a way to successfully mend a t-shirt hole that is invisible. I have tried sewing a tiny pleat/dart running the stitches off to nothing on each end but you can tell it has been stitched. I have tried a small piece of matching coloured fabric behind the hole and darning over it with matching thread but it is visible. The best fix I have found is an appliqué, if it can go in a practical spot. There are just some spots on a t-shirt you just do not want to add an appliqué to.
LMBO!! Yes, it might chafe in some spots! I guess the possibility that it will look worse is why I haven't taken this on before now. I'd previously been told to put a little nail polish or fray check on it, but it's obviously a hole if I wear a tank top of light color under it.
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