Matching patches on a bathrobe

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What I did:

Before

My client's bathrobe had many frayed areas and holes.

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closeup of print fabric, green and white stripes with fish, showing several holes

Before: closeup of holes in the back.

closeup of green and white striped fish print garment, sleeve, showing frayed cuff

Before: frayed cuffs at the sleeves.

closeup of hand holding inside collar of Nautica brand (label visible) green and white striped bathrobe, showing holes and frayed areas

Before: wear at the neck.

closeup of fabric of green and white fish print bathrobe: hand pointing out small hole in the fabric

Before: there were a number of smaller holes throughout the bathrobe; here's one.

After

Fortunately, the bathrobe was long enough that I was able to harvest fabric for patches by shortening the hem. I fixed the wear at the sleeves by shortening them slightly.

front view of patched green and white striped fish bathrobe

After: front, with patches slightly visible at neck and the upper right (from viewer's perspective)/ left (from bathrobe's perspective).

back view of green and white striped bathroom with fish on it, semi-visible large matching patch on upper back

After: back, with patches visible across upper back.

closeup of front neck of bathrobe, with almost not noticeable patches

After: front neck; patched area has horizontal stripes.

closeup of upper back of bathroom, with matching patches

After: closeup on the large patches at the back.

hand holding end of sleeve of bathrobe; sleeve has no fraying

After: re-doing the sleeve hem a bit shorter fixed the fraying issue.