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   J._Hess | Mar 07, 2000 07:35am | #1

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   I think I would have someone machine embroider a matching or contrasting patch in my favorite motif and hand stitch it over the hole.

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   Ina_ | Mar 29, 2001 09:31pm | #2

   *b My son ripped the back of his very exspensive down b jacket, so I scanned in the label off the front of b the jacket and embroidered a copy onto a material b matching the original label and stitched over the b rip hey presto you would'nt know.

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   Ina_ | Mar 29, 2001 09:32pm | #3

   *b My son ripped the back of his very exspensive down jacket, so I scanned in the label off the front of the jacket and embroidered a copy onto a material matching the original label and stitched over the rip hey presto you would'nt know.

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   Ina_ | Mar 29, 2001 09:33pm | #4

   *b My son ripped the back of his very exspensive down jacket, so I scanned in the label off the front of the jacket and embroidered a copy onto a material matching the original label and stitched it over the rip hey presto you would'nt know.

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   Jillian | Apr 07, 2001 02:15am | #5

   *I have repaired jackets like this. I stole some matching fabric out of one of the pockets and then hand-stitched it over the hole. And then of course I repaired the pocket. My own jacket I melted the sleeve on the oven door and repaired it in the way. And others were childrens rips, etc.

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   LeslieF | May 15, 2001 05:20am | #6

   *I found a contrasting fabric, determined the size of the patch needed, then finished the edges of the patch and sewed it to my jacket. I had spilled battery acid down one side of a long down coat. I put patches on both sides of the front zipper. The patches were symmetrical and looked like they were supposed to be there!

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   karen_morris_ | Aug 26, 2001 08:56am | #7

   *Ultrasuede would make a good-looking, nonravely patch for a down jacket. again, you could sew on several, so they look like intentional appliques, instead of 'patches'.

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   Katydid_ | Oct 23, 2001 11:56am | #8

   *Ultrasuede would be a good choice for patching a lot of garments because it does not ravel etc. but not for this DOWN JACKET. Ultrasuede is too hard to hard hand sew thru very well and you can't open up the jacket to be able to machine sew it because of the feathers and of course you would never, never want to sew through all the layers.

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   Jean_ | Oct 23, 2001 02:06pm | #9

   *UltraSuede Light should work just fine!

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   Paula | Oct 29, 2001 01:19am | #10

   *Yesterday I repaired an expensive down jacket with a hole all the way through the lower sleeve. The jacket was new but it got caught in the top edge of the washing machine the first time it was laundered. There was a six inch cut all the way through the jacket sleeve, through the lining, feathers and outer shell, all four fabric layers. Feathers were coming out all over the place. First I used a zigzag stitch to repair the holes in the inside feather-containing layer of the jacket. This needs to be secure but not pretty. Next after vacuuming up all loose feathers I proceeded with repairing the lining and the outer layer of the jacket. To aid in the mending process I opened up a straight seam in the side of the arm, outer jacket fabric. I used a flat-lock stitch to mend the cut in the lining. For the cut through the jacket's outer layer I folded under a little extra fabric to cover the raw edges and then straight stitched thru them to make the jacket look like it had a diagonal seam across the forearm. With the extra fullness in this jacket I could get away with making the sleeve 3/8-1/2" narrower, and the jacket has topstitched diagonal seams elsewhere to this seams blended in. Next I choose one of the least used pockets and opened the bottom of it so that I could reach through the inside and resew the sleeve side seam that I had opened for the mending job, and then I repaired the pocket again. The mend is totally unnoticeable and the jacket is as good as new.This took me just about an hour to do this repair and the jacket owner was thrilled to pay me $30 for the job.

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   karen_morris_ | Nov 02, 2001 09:53am | #11

   *Yep, I'd just handsew through the Ultrasuede, even though it's hard. How long would it take? It's worth it.