Make Do and Mend - Project #1

This weekend I made a start on one of my projects that I have had for a little while. 

I bought this lace t-shirt a couple of years ago, and when I got it out of the washing machine a couple of months ago, I noticed that the lace on one of the sleeves had perished, leaving a few holes.

Using some broderie anglaise trim that I had in my ribbon jar, I measured out what I needed and then pinned it in place, making sure that I followed the line of the lace, neatened the ends in the under arm seam and covered the section with the holes.

I was originally going to hand sew the trim to the top, but in the end decided to use the sewing machine. It made it lots easier to darn around the holes in the lace to reinforce them, and to tackle the tricky multi-layered parts of the fabric. I finished off the ends and neatened with a needle to make sure everything was tidy.

I'm really pleased with my refurbished top. I think the white trim looks very sweet against the navy, and I will look forward to wearing it again now the weather has turned so lovely and sunny!