This lesson will involve measuring, trimming, basting, and hemming. A
patch is a piece of cloth sewed on to a garment to restore the worn
part. The material used for the patch should be as nearly like the
original fabric in colour and quality as possible. In placing the patch,
the condition of the material about the hole must be taken into
consideration, as well as the size of the hole. The worn parts around
the hole should be removed, and the hole cut square or oblong. The patch
should be, on all four sides, an inch larger than the trimmed hole. The
corners of the hole should be cut back diagonally, so that the edges may
be turned under. The patch should be matched and pinned to the wrong
side of the garment, leaving the edges to project evenly on all four
sides. The edges of the material around the hole should be turned in and
basted to the patch. The edges of the patch should be turned in so that
they extend, when finished, one-half inch from the edge of the hole. The
patch and the cloth should be basted together and hemmed.
[A] Used when special problem comes up.
[Illustration: _Fig._ 12.--Patching]