Roland Designs

   Recently I was presented with a pretty little hardanger runner that had gone by mistake through a machine cycle and came out very damaged on the button hole border.

   The best solution was simply to make a new border. There was not much cloth to work with, so I used a thinner thread and worked over three threads, and only 2 threads from the embroidery . ( Usually with Hardanger we work over 4, and from 4 threads.)

  The result was not as decorative as the original border, but the simple button hole border will keep the runner in service for years to come.

   In this photo you can see where the damage is.

   Note how I had to un-stitch the border a little before making the new button hole border.

  After  I trimmed the cloth carefully  it was ready to use.