04 May 2010

Frankenstein stitching

Last week my son was walking across the road and got hit by a car. He was lucky - just a few cuts and bruises, but did get taken to A&E by ambulance, and they cut off his trousers to check for damage to his legs.

While recuperating, Thomas thought it would be a good idea to sew up the cut trousers with a "frankenstein stitch". I found some iron-on interfacing to hold the legs together, and did the tricky parts - then showed him the stitch (sort of a two-sided buttonhole stitch) and gave him the needle and thread.It took a while - he has long legs -
Here it is before stitching -
and here it is, finished -
- except for the embelishment of a designer label on the back pocket - Thomas had a heraldic idea involving Corgis -
I gave him various types of fabric, showed him my textile paints and collection of rubbers for cutting a stamp, found the freezer paper in case he wanted to make stencils, and then went away for the weekend.

Coming back, I found the worktable clear except for this neat array of paint, and replacement rubbers -
In another part of the room, evidence of activity -
Haven't looked at the results - I'm waiting for him to come home from work and tell me about it. Where next ....

3 comments:

Cate Rose said...

So glad he's okay! What a wonderful way to transform his pants.

patty a. said...

How scary! Those pants have such a story to tell now! Thank goodness the outcome was a good one and your son is ok!

Unknown said...

Glad your son is OK. Love that stitching, will have to use it next time my DS rips his trousers! (shorter legs too!)