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I made a huge blunder sewing out a redwork design on an old t shirt of mine. It has taken me two days to remove the stitching, leaving plenty of holes (picture 1) I have now appliquéd a heart design from GG Design Embroidery and merged 2 mini hearts on top (picture 2). I am pleased with the results. Sarah.
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great save
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This way it is not so bad to make a blunder. Because it came out beautiful.
Thank you.
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Nice job covering the holes. Love it! AND best part you still have your favorite old shirt. Suzanne
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Thank you Suzanne - just hope it all does not fall to bits when washed!!!
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this is terrific & who would ever know! the fringing is a nice touch Sarah! hugs loralye
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Thank you Loralye. Good to see you here on Cute.
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Beautiful! Now, for my two projects -- it won't take you more than a week unpicking them... Shall I send them to you? LOL
You really did great work!
You really did great work!
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I am sure you live too far away. What a terrible job it was. I have never had to unpick before and I hope not to have to in the near future. Thank you for your comment. Sarah.
Sarah, I was joking about sending you my unpicking work. I would not wish that on anyone. You are blessed that you do not have to do it as much as I do. It is a miserable job!
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Oh so much better i like your frills to hugs:):)
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Thank you Carolyn.
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What a great save. It looks lovely and now you have a whole new T-shirt.
Hugs Jerri
Hugs Jerri
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Thank you Jerri, I am pleased with the result.
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Looks like you never had other plans for the shirt ;o)
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Thank you Bettina. The first design was a butterfly on a rose but it looked terrible. I was going to throw the t shirt away but decided that I would unpick.
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It's beautiful! You certainly have more patience than I do to pick out all of the old stitching. May I ask what fabric you using for the patch that you fringed?
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It is what we call seed cloth here in South Africa - like a thin calico.
Thank you! I'll see what I can find, I really like the look you created.
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we all have that problem some times
but it look great and lovely Sarah
well done
hugs Sonja
but it look great and lovely Sarah
well done
hugs Sonja
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Thank you Sonja. Good to see you here again.
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Good save! I don't know what you had before, but this is a terrific embellishment for this tshirt.
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Thank you for looking.
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Well it worked out for the best, looks like a new shirt now. Well done.
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Thank you.
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basketkase
11 Feb 2013
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Fabulous, Sarah......you just made lemonade out of a lemon!!
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Thank you Vicki
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Sieht ganz toll aus
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Thank you.
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great idea with super result ! have to keep that in mind...last time I throw away my t-shirt when the design failed.
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Thank you Linda. It is one of my favourite old t shirts so it was worth the effort.
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A nice fresh look to your top. I like how you found a solution for the fix.
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Thank you Anita
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baldacchino
11 Feb 2013
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Looks very good job I use to do that to my boys jeans now it is Fashionable to have Holes in them ??
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My grandsons also love the holes in their Jeans.
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great job covering up
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Thank you.
35675✽
Very Good! I was just thinking what Vicki said...lemonaid!!!
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Thank you Gerry
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Smart thinking!
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Thank you. It was either this or throwing the t shirt away.
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blueeyedblonde
13 Feb 2013
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nice fix!
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Thank you - looks almost like a new t shirt!!!
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You have done a great job. Good choice of designs to cover the "boo boo:. Well done, Lyn
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Thank you.