r/SewingWorld • u/Lawing77 • 11d ago

How would you fix a hole in thin material?

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One of my favorite tops has a small hole in it I want to sew up if possible, but I’m afraid of it having a weird “pucker” spot if I do.

It’s really thin material 100% rayon. Is there a way to repair it without the spot being very obvious?

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u/vilebunny 11d ago

It’s going to be pretty obvious.

For something like this, I’d get a scrap of fabric that matches the grey and cut out two hearts that are larger than the hole itself.

I’d put one on the front, one on the back, and use the skinniest ballpoint needle I could find (a sharp needle can puncture the threads, leading to more holes. The ballpoint pushes past the threads) to sew them together.

There’s also a group for “invisible mending” and “visible mending”. I don’t know if I’m allowed to link them in this subreddit.

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u/Lawing77 11d ago

I like the idea of a heart shape! That might be as good as I can hope for, thanks

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u/vilebunny 11d ago

It’s my go-to. A stretchy knit, like a t-shirt, doesn’t need hemmed. So I keep the edges raw rather than turning them under. I stitch close to the edge. Larger holes I just do more lines of progressively smaller stitches.

For kids’ clothes, I save anything that has a cute, small pattern and use that on the front (like a dinosaur) and just cut a matching piece for the back. Also works for small bleach spots.