How to sew a hole without it showing

Best ways to deal with Fabric tears and holes

Repairing clothes is not the happiest of all sewing jobs I know.

How to repair a tear in fabric with sewing machine

But it is sometimes a necessary thing you ‘have’ to do, when you see holes in a favourite garment you do not want to lose yet. 

You could have had that hole due to several reasons – some acidic thing fell on the garment, moth ate away fabric fibers and left small holes, seam stitching frayed the fabric, you snagged the clothing on something sharp, buttons and other fasteners strained the fabric and tore the area.

Another common cause of holes is something like the belt buckle or the purse edge or the kitchen sink continuously touching a particular area and in time wearing down the place to make holes (you will never notice this till you get that hole gradually). 

In our house most of the time, clothes get holes because of incorrect pressing – the iron box burns holes in the fabric very easily when the temperature is not compatible.

This happens with synthetic clothing than ones made with natural fabrics. Actually, polyester clothing is

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