Invisible mend????

cartwheel

Hi there, some help needed please!

I have ripped my new linen trousers on a door catch:eek: . Is there such a thing as invisible mend (DIY) products available. I seem to think I have seen something somewhere but can't recall where or what it is called.

I am hopeless at sewing so need something to help me patch it if possible.

Thanks for your advice!

calleyw

You can get a powder from betterware or somewhere that you can iron on. There is also an iron on fabric mending. It comes in black, white and grey.

It is not invisible. But is ok.


Yours


Calley

Alltheloginsaretakenappar

Wonderweb is a fine gauze that you iron between material, I've used it for hems. I've also seen a powder that you sprinkle on and then iron and it works like a glue, but it was few years ago so the name escapes me. If these aren't suitable you could try your local dry cleaners as most have mending/alteration services now and I find it worth the cost to save making a mess of something new

culpepper

real invisible mending would likely be a kind of darn using threads the same as the trousers(maybe even from another part of the trousers(inside back pocket or turned in hem. If you use the glue and iron kind,You'd need to have a piece of material to iron the torn piece to (behind the tear after piecing it carefully together) the stuff I have is called textile repair powder and is made by gold-zack.I bought it in C&H Fabrics

moggins

I've bought the powder from Betterware too and it is brilliant. I've even used it to repair a huge L shaped tear in DH's suede jacket.

frostyspice

Waitrose Home stores/John Lewis do a mending tape (like Wundaweb) that you iron on the back of the material which is ripped. Saw it yesterday. Look in the haberdashery dept.

sparkle197828

wonder web 99p damp coth and iron on top and hey persto works wonders on all my trousers (i'm a short !!!!!!!)

wendym

Real invisible mending is incredibly skilled and difficult.

I'm a home dressmaker, and use iron-on interfacing (it's the stuff that stops collars etc collapsing). It comes in various stiffnesses, including really soft, and colours, and is much wider than tape, so works out cheaper. It's fabric with heat-setting glue on only one side, so you don't need separate fabric as a backing.The tradename of the original is Vilene, and I have used it for all sorts of mending jobs.

Any sewing shop will have it, or search for Interfacing under Crafts on Ebay. I just did, and there's a good selection.

Becles

The haberdashery stand in supermarkets sell iron on mending fabric. I think the brand name is Korobrand (or something like that!) and everything is on dark blue and yellow cards.

cartwheel

Thanks for your help everyone - I will get on to it ASAP!

sandy2_2

I know in the UK Drycleaners mend garments, but here in Spain they don't.

OH has found a very tiny hole in the sleeve of one of his suits, any ideas how I can invisibly mend it

The hole really looks as if the material has rubbed against something, perhaps the wardrobe door (his fault he should have put it in it's suit bag) It's only a perhaps 2 or 3 threads wide by 2 threads long, might even have been caused by a moth

Any help would be appreciated Thanx