Worn and Thinned Apron

**Tarheel** · 20th May 18, 05:17 AM

If the holes are in the under apron, stitching would be good to keep the fabric from further fraying. As far as the reasons for the holes, the cloth can be treated to prevent moth larva. My question would be in the storage of your kilt when not in use. That environment may be the moth haven and easily modified.

**Father Bill** · 20th May 18, 05:57 AM

Those who wear their kilts without undergarments will leave body scents on the nearest cloth (often the underapron) that will attract moths.

**Steve Ashton** · 20th May 18, 07:01 AM

Perhaps we can help a little better if we could have a photo to let us better see what is going on.

**Hirsty** · 21st May 18, 10:44 AM

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I am leaning towards sewing around it to prevent further fraying

**The Wizard of BC** · 21st May 18, 08:34 PM

One old school way of repairing this is to find a small piece of the same fabric from somewhere like inside an apron facing.

You sew a patch on the inside - lining up the Tartan pattern - and with a felting needle join the patch to the apron.

If you are careful this will result in an almost invisible repair.

Barbed felting needles are perhaps the most secret tool of repair shops.