The beheaded tiger

 

This is 'JT'. He has arrived to get his head sewn back on.

Actually his head has already been sewn back on by his owner, but her stitching work is starting to give way.

JT has a history of getting beheaded with a pair of scissors!

Here you can see the grievous injury.

A better view.

Poor JT needs to get the white stitches removed in order to have a more permanent repair done.

He will get beheaded yet again.

Here is JT after his owner's stitches were removed.

He has had most of his stuffing removed and has had a bath.

Working from his inside surface and using threads that are the same colours as his fur allows the repairs to become almost invisible.

Here the yellow fur pieces that make up his belly have been stitched together.

As JT will likely go back home to some rough and tumble play, this new seam should get strengthened.

This is one way of strengthening.

A length of twill tape has been sewn over the repair.

Here is the outside of the repaired yellow fur.

Now to continue the same repair methods around his neck to piece together his orange fur.......

JT is back together!

His wounds are hard to see now.