Making Repairs Embroidery Project

Can you fix a sewing mistake? This is a very important question. Picking out thread is only half of the battle. No matter how well you remove the original design, there will always be an image of it left behind, that must be covered up.

If the logo was a filled design, you can usually enlarge it slightly, and then carefully re-sew it over the image of the old one. But what if you mistakenly sewed the name Jonathan Alexander, Jr. on a shirt that was for Joe Jones? You will be hard-pressed to stretch the short name out wide enough to cover up the needle tracks left by the original name.

Another case. You are sewing a jacket and the sleeve somehow falls down onto the hoop and gets sewed to the body of the jacket. Sure, you can pick out the logo and sew it again, but don't forget about the needle tracks that were left on the sleeve.

And what happens if you end up with a hole in the sewing area. Depending on the size of the hole and the size of the logo, you can usually place heavy backing behind the hole, and solvy or tear-away backing on top of it, and re-sew the design. But if the logo is open, very small, or just lettering, it's probably a lost cause. No matter what the mistake is, just be sure that you can re-sew it successfully, before you attempt to remove any thread.