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Advice required urgently on repairing net fabric!

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Katek Sun 01-Dec-24 08:55:41

Panto opens this week and somehow the wicked Queen has managed to tear three layers of net on her costume!! They're L shaped and about 20" long overall. I thought I could sew them - and I can - but because of the finess of the fabric it's really difficult to see the edges as you're sewing. It's taken me the best part of an hour to do 6"" Anybody got any useful hints/tips on quicker method? Would Wundaweb stick edges together? Sticky tape and sew through it? Help!!

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Redhead56 Sun 01-Dec-24 09:04:49

Iron on think it’s Wonder Web maybe the white stuff it hems material together.

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LadyInBlue Sun 01-Dec-24 09:05:45

I found this on You Tube, hope it helps.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF-ufGwzK38

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Elegran Sun 01-Dec-24 09:42:08

Lay it on paper and tear off the paper once it is sewn? Have you paper a colour that the net will show up against? Even a page out of a magazine.
It'll be alright on the night (though you may not be . . . )

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Elegran Sun 01-Dec-24 10:04:47

Tack it down to the paper - that'll keep it flat and together. while you sew. And use the sewing macine. the paper will tear better along the macine needle holes.

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Katek Sun 01-Dec-24 18:42:49

Thanks for tips ladies - should have made the Wicked Queen do it herself!

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