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I have a Earlys of Whitney wool blanket from the late 70’s. It was made in England and looks just like a Hudson Bay wool blanket. The stitching on one end of the blanket is unraveling and needs repair. Would any seamstress be able to fix this or do I need to find someone specific for this?
 
Posts: 2713 | Location: Illinois  | Registered: July 14, 2010Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Try your local dry cleaners.

They usually have a sewing machine for stitching things up.


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Are you talking about the large blanket stitch on the edge? If so, it's a really simple stitch you could do yourself. I just did my Faribault last year.



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Any seamstress or taylor can fix it...just a matter of the quality of work and materials used. Go to a dry cleaner that offers alterations & repairs, they'll probably use basic polyester thread and a single-stitch machine, they may have wool thread available. Is this a hole in the fabric or, just the edging/binding thread that's come loose?
 
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It’s the blanket stitch on the end. If I could find string to match I’d try it myself.
 
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You might check at Michael’s or Hobby Lobby to see if embroidery thread would match what was used originally close enough.
 
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