What you'll need:

A Reel of thread that is the same colour as the ‘Kids’ skin

Enough light so that you can see what you are doing clearly

A fine tipped needle (so that it won't make bigger holes than you need)

    What to do:

I find it is easiest to work if the 'Kid is totally naked, as that way there's no chance of snagging your thread on items of clothing.



If you are fixing a knee, ankle, wrist or elbow. You will need to thread the cotton through the needle and have it so that the two ends meet and tie them together. With most of them, you will be able to see where holes where the thread used to sit, place your needle through one of these holes and encourage it to come out of the other side, in roughly the same hole area so that it’s parallel to where the needle went in.
Bring the thread around the area you are fixing and again pass it through the same two holes, repeat this two or three times until you are happy with the outcome and secure the thread with a knot and snip the excess off.



When re-stitching toes or fingers, thread the needle as stated above, and once again try and find the holes that were used originally. Stitch one toe at a time, but as you bring the thread over the toe and pass it back through the foot, reposition the needle so that it will come out where the next toe will be.



With tears, I use a carpet stitch. Which is where you bring the needle in one side, loop it over the tear and once again pull the needle through the same side again, making sure to pass the needle through the loop before pulling the thread taught.



I also use the above procedure on shoulders and main seams that have come unstitched, and if you match the thread up with the “skin” colour properly and make the stitching close enough to the seam, it will not show up and will look as though it has always been there.

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