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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Joan, post: 3089214, member: 5398&quot;]Gorgeous coat! I&#039;ve made repairs to similar rips in vintage fur garments (but only if the hide hasn&#039;t become dry and brittle) using any lightweight but tightly woven cotton fabric as a backing adhered with a very thin coat of fabric glue that dries flexible (I use Beacon Fabri-Tac which is made for use on leather also). The rips are usually on a seam, so I first glue separate pieces of the fabric backing to each side of the rip (covering a slightly larger area than the rip itself), let it dry, then carefully whip stitch together making sure you&#039;re sewing through both the fabric and hide (I use the smallest size needle I can thread with a medium-weight cotton thread--using double thread). To keep the fur from getting caught in the repair, I tape it out of the way with a low-tack tape, or put the tape on my face first to reduce the tack. Since the rips on your coat are around the neck and shoulders, I&#039;d recommend opening the lining at the shoulder and sleeve seams, maybe even the neck. Even if they&#039;re machine sewn they can be re-sewn by hand from the outside so they aren&#039;t terribly noticeable.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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