Thanks for the replies so far. I hadn't solved it yet Calla!! I think there will be holes left, I'm using a fairly large needle. But I like bjgallent's idea of steaming the holes. I didn't know how to do that. I also like the hints by bjgallent and Tartan. I think using them both I can manage to redo the stitching and not have it show (at least not too much...)