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This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the PEP curriculum.  Completing this BB is part of getting the straw badge in Textiles.

For this BB, you will make a sewn repair of a small hole in a couch, love seat, or padded chair.

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To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- Sew up a small hole in a couch, love seat, or padded chair.

To document your completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (less than two minutes):
- The hole in the furniture needing repair.
- The materials you will use to make the repair.
- You making the repair.
- The completed repair on the couch, love seat, or padded chair.
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There is a hole on my couch. Stuffing is starting to leak out. I repaired it with brown cotton upholstery thread and a needle
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Hole with stuffng leaking out
Hole with stuffng leaking out
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Tools: needle, thread, scissors
Tools: needle, thread, scissors
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Me sewing a second round over the first for good, sturdy reinforcement
Me sewing a second round over the first for good, sturdy reinforcement
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Finished repair
Finished repair
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