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Baby Album which has taken ages to get finished.The last delay was my fault because I couldn't find the screws that belong to the albums posts ,so I ended up taking them out of another album.
I did 2 try outs using different fonts to see what looked best on the album cover,showed the 2 tests to his grandmother & aunt .Only later in conversation that I realized there is a mistake which no one picked up on.
The date of birth should be the 28th not the 8th so I need suggestions to fix the error.I can only think of taking the 2 from 2010 embroider it on some organza & water soluble vilene ,wash it ,trim back the organza & glue it in front of the 8.Everything is glued down.
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It is so nicely done and you must be shattered about the date. I would try to take it apart (but you might have glued it already to a backing) and rehoop it and stitch on the missing "2". The good thing is you do have space to put in a two. We have some really creative cuties so someone might have an amazing fix for you.
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I think your idea will work just fine. This is gorgeous and shows both how hard you worked on it and the craftsman it took to do it.
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Hi 'Killiecrankie' - I would try doing hand stitching through the fabric. As it is only the number 2 to be done I am sure you could hand draw the number on the fabric with a water soluble pen in the outline and then I would do a back-stitch. I've done this before and I think the one shown below in the link would work well. Of course you will have to use the thread that you sewed the rest of the design in. I would make sure the stitches were small so that if you decided to do the 'threaded back-stitch' it would look really neat and tidy. Love Chris
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http://www.embroidery.rocksea.org/stitch/back-stitch/threaded-back-stitch/
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Thank you for the idea.I have plenty of thread & will have a few goes at this ,to see if I can get it to look right before I do it on the book . My idea with the organza probably will not work because the stitches at the beginning & end are just double or triple straight stitches ,so trimming the organza back so it couldn't be seen would mean that the 2 could unravel.
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Wow a lot of work here but you will get it finished i am sure hugs carolyn
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Beautiful job and I have to agree with Chris and her idea or yours would try before actually working on project see how it looks.
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this looks terrific & all the best on the fix. I also agree that Chris's idea seams a good fit for this problem.