Kate brought us a few dresses on her last visit, and this time she needed some sweater rehab. She brought in 3 sweaters–two were simple and we fixed them with a bit of reweaving. The third however needed more attention and used to be her grandpa’s. Kate mentioned that she usually just wore the sweater around the house, the only problem was that it developed a huge hole in the armpit. Bummer! 

We discussed reweaving, but then I asked her if she would like to tailor it since it was so big and we could remove the hole at the same time. She could then wear it out of the house with skinny jeans and kickass boots! She loved the idea, and I think the sweater did too, since the oversized arms were obviously causing too much stress on the fabric.

I stabilized part of the underarm, and then added side seams to the sweater to nip it in. Grandpa sweater good as new!

Do you have something in your closet that needs some creative repair work? Call us at 202-567-7668 or email us at info@gingerrootdesign.com to schedule and appointment.

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