My first parasol...

This parasol is an antique one from about 1850-60s, I got it cheap on ebay in 2010, it has 2 broken stokes. The stokes are made from reed, so I re-enforced them with wire and it is still holding.

This is a picture of it before I re-covered it. The silk was split in all but one panel.

As you can see in this picture the condition of the parasol was very poor, the 2 stokes was broken completely off.

This is a close-up of one of the repairs I made. It's NOT how you are suppose to do it, you should replace all the stokes with new ones. But I didn't have a lot of money and my repair still holds 4 years later.

This is the first test of the new cover to see if it fitted. I completely hand sewed it as the original was done. It's important for me, personally, to replace like for like, when ever possible, when I repair antiques like this one.

And the finished parasol with the original trim sewn back on like it was before. I still have the original silk from it.