Quick Sewing Repair

Sometimes it is just easier to repair a new purchase, rather than posting back at your own expense and time.

Arrived like this new from the maker. Not China, Australian Made. Lets say I was very disappointed.

The item in question is a expensive Moleskin Horse Bib.

This wasn’t the only problem, but it is a good one for this tutorial.

As you can see above, the mes of a machine stitch is just pulling apart.

To get started I will trim the mess back until I have clean stitches that have taken up well.

Remove as much as needed, but you do not have to remove the lot.
You can see I have used a heavier thread, run over the existing stitches to lock it all together.
Using the heavier thread enabled me to pick up all layers of material in one pass.

Job done. 15mins in total. A lot cheaper and easier that returning the item. It is also stronger now.

PS, I was tempted to run a stitch over the other side so the colour matched, but I don’t think my horse will be to concerned.

Machine used for the job was my Chinese hand crank boot stitcher. Perfect for this type of repair.

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