VEAL HOW TO PUT RIGHT POOCHES’ DESTRUCTION
Mending material
Shifa Ersoy, below, repairs a wide range of garments. The London seamstress, 46, says most fabric items can be mended by a sewing machine or by hand, using the same thread. You can replace any stitching that has dropped out from garment tears with patching fabric.
For plastic leather items, iron on a separate fabric patch to cover up any bits your dog has bitten off.
Fixing furniture
love to Our troublesome pooches into our sink their teeth and claws to try to keep furniture, so it’s best furnishings. them away from home upholsterer But if the worst happens, there are some Neil Riley, 45, says things you can do. out stuffing, If your dog has ripped wadding or replace it with polyester can buy this carded polyester. You or, if you from a local upholsterer an old don’t mind cutting up can use that. polyester pillow, you use a patch of Pad out the hole then fabric over the top.
“You can Neil, from London, says: piece of fabric sometimes cut out a for a from under the cushions an upholsterer perfect match or ask might have.” for any off-cuts they the fabric You then need to pin it on, over the patch and hand-sew needle and a using a small curved slip stitch and strong thread. Use a seams so put the joins on existing they are more discreet.
Three expert repaws...
OCTOPUS TOY
Buster the Frenchie’s favourite toy needed some TLC after he had too fun much with it. Upholsterer Neil replaced stuffing the and sewed a patch on so it was returned as good as new.
TRAINERS
Leo’s Air Force trainers had been for bought him by a close relative, but a pesky pup had chewed them. Expert cobbler Kevin made them wearable again by dying a leather back lining to suit the colour, gluing down the rough edges and hand-cutting the leather to shape. then He glued it in place and stitched it.
GOALIE GLOVE
A mischievous mutt has torn away stitching on this item with sentimental value. Seamstress Shifa restored the much-loved goalkeeping essential by re-stitching all the fingers and cutting away excess fabric.
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