I bought a game used jersey in which the school removed the nameplate and had the same problem. I opened up the yellow pages and looked for listings under 'alterations' and called up 'Noss stitchings & alterations', she told me it would be no problem and when I got the jersey back it was good as new. It cost me $5.
It's a white house just off of N. Washington and 4th Ave. N behind Domino's Pizza.
Hope this helps.