Things tend to tear, so how to sew up a hole and breathe a second life into a product is a relevant topic. Some housewives prefer to throw away worn-out clothes instead of resuscitating them. Moreover, every home has a miracle box with a needle and thread suitable color. Oddly enough, most often pants get holes from daily wear and regular machine washing. And there are times when a hole appears unexpectedly, for example, as a result of getting caught on a sharp corner or children's pranks. And now about everything and in more detail.
If mothers did not sew up the clothes of little tomboys, but threw them away, then how much money would have to be spent from the family budget on updating the wardrobe. A small hole can easily be darned, but for large torn areas it is better to apply a patch. We'll talk about this a little later.
The favorite item of all generations is jeans. They are comfortable, practical, but wear out quickly.
Seamstresses know several ways to carefully sew up a hole using thread and a tailor's needle and, using their imagination, turn the torn area into a decorative element:- Normal gap. When trouble occurs along the seam, the item is turned inside out. Carefully connect the opposite edges of the hole and fasten them using a stitch. When finished, you will need to finish the edges with a blanket stitch.
- Darn. If you can’t hide the holes unnoticed, you’ll have to mend them. We position the torn area so that the contour of the product is stretched. A convex object (light bulb, ball) is suitable for this. The item should be turned with the front side facing the seamstress. The threads that will be used for darning must be matched.
The stitches originate from a strong part of the fabric and are directed in the opposite direction. Here a tack (small stitch) is made and the needle returns to its original position. Work is first carried out in one direction, then perpendicularly. Appearance The stitch resembles a wave. The needle moves first over the thread, sometimes under it. The end result should be a lattice.
In order for the hole to be neatly disguised, you need to:- choose the threads well;
- darn in a circle;
- make small stitches;
- be patient.
Having mastered two types of darning, even an inexperienced housewife will be able to cope with the task at hand, like sewing up a hole in her pants, if it is a pity to throw away the item and it can serve in its repaired form for some time.
It is necessary to provide first aid to frayed clothes in a qualified manner. This means that the new mother not only needs to know how to mend a hole in her pants, but also master the art of hand patching.
When a child, returning from a walk, brings a piece of fabric in his palms, and a piece of cloth has been torn out on his knees, then he will have to put on a beautiful patch. To do this, the torn edge is brought into accordance with a shape resembling geometric figure. To make the insert relatively invisible, it is recommended to select fabric to match the main color of the clothing.
The prepared flap must first be washed. If the fabric shrinks, make larger allowances.
Let's begin the correct process of sewing on the patch:- We turn the product inside out and apply the blank with the front side. Check that the pattern on the fabric matches or the grain threads are located in the same direction.
- We fasten the parts with running stitches.
- We bend the edges of the patch and secure them using a blind stitch.
- Mask the edges of the hole. We bend them inward and sew them up in the same way.
- Remove the contrasting basting thread.
- Iron the insert fragment.
It is not always possible to sew up a hole neatly and correctly. There is also a way out of this situation. Buy a iron-on adhesive in the sewing department and use an iron to attach it to the place where the fabric was torn. When it comes to trousers, create symmetry on them using the same or different appliqué elements.
Today there is a fashion for ripped jeans and other wardrobe items. Therefore, you don’t have to get rid of holes that suddenly appear, but, on the contrary, add them. Thus, an old product gets a second life and becomes trendy.
Sometimes a gap appears between the legs, and impose hand stitches difficult. Then use a sewing machine, which is probably in every home. Set the zigzag program and apply a stitch several times on the front side. The seam should be tight.
To prevent abrasions from being visible and the appliqué masking them not to come off, carefully secure it along the edge of the insert with hidden stitches. Don't forget to iron the sticker first.
When sewing the torn edge along the seam, make sure that there is no involuntary tightening of the fabric. Otherwise, the product will lose its original appearance.
Use your imagination when sewing up the hole.
Don’t be afraid to experiment, you can use various decorative elements:- accessories;
- ribbons;
- lace;
- sequins.
It is not necessary to select the fabric for the patch to match; it can be a contrasting shade.
If there are old products in the house that match the texture, use them to repair the broken product. This is especially important to do with jeans. Cover up a hole in a visible place using a patch from old trousers.
It turns out that it is not difficult to revive a thing with your own hands. Now you know how to sew up a hole, put a patch on trousers and turn out-of-fashion trousers into an ultra-fashionable item. And how to do it right, the knowledge accumulated over the years will tell you. Moreover, we all went to school and attended technology classes.
Any clothes from our wardrobe can tear over time. The appearance of holes in your favorite item makes it unwearable. What to do? You definitely shouldn’t throw it away; you can try to revive it, because in the arsenal of real housewives there are several ways to give clothes a second life. If a hole appears, a needle and thread, a sewing machine or a patch will come to the rescue. Most often, holes appear on trousers as a result of abrasions from frequent wearing; it is also possible that other clothes accidentally get caught on a sharp object or fall, which is so typical for children when active games. Only large holes in a visible place are difficult to repair; then, most likely, you will have to say goodbye to your clothes. The appearance of a small hole in clothing is not so scary, because having a needle and thread on hand, you can skillfully get rid of the hole that has appeared.
The most practical and comfortable clothes, but during prolonged wear they tend to wear out, where holes form in the place of abrasions. There are several ways to get rid of a hole in your jeans: sew it up with a needle and thread, sew it up with a patch, or turn the hole into a fashionable slit. Show a little imagination, and any hole can turn into stylish decoration trousers In order to revive torn jeans, you can use various accessories in the form of lace, buttons, ribbons, patches.
If a hole appears on your knee, you can hide it with a patch. Before that, you need to choose a fabric color that will harmoniously match the color of the trousers. Choose the right shape of the patch, which can be taken from old jeans; it can be a tone lighter or darker, the main thing is that it looks good. In addition to choosing the right patch, you need to choose the right threads that will look good against the background of the patch and jeans. The patch is sewn with a line stitch along the edges of the hole.
If a hole appears on the back pockets, it can be hidden using appliqués that do not need to be sewn up. It is enough to place the applique in place of the hole and iron it with an iron. You can buy applications in special stores.
It is much more difficult to hide the hole that has appeared between the legs. Such a hole can be sewn up by hand or with a sewing machine. If you use a sewing machine, then you need to make zigzag stitches; in cases where there is no machine, then such a hole is sewn up from the inside out, capturing only the edges. The seam should be tight and durable. Below we will provide complete instructions on how to properly sew up holes.
How to sew up holes correctly: instructions
- Take a needle and thread that will harmoniously match the color of the torn clothing. If the material of the clothing is thick, then you will need a thicker needle.
- Insert the thread into the needle; you can use a needle threader if the eye of the needle is too narrow.
- Tie knots at the end of the thread.
- Proceed to stitching the hole. You need to sew from the inside of the garment, along the edges of the seam, while tightening the thread tightly.
- While sewing, look from the back to see what the seam looks like. After the hole is sewn up, make a knot and cut the thread.
Before sewing up a hole in your clothing, you need to select a thread that will match the color.
We repair jeans with our own hands.
Comfortable and practical jeans, like all things, wear out and become unusable over time. But the advantage of this wardrobe item is that your favorite item can be quietly repaired. Depending on sewing skills, used different ways restoration. We will consider the most common of them in this article.
How to sew a hole in jeans neatly and discreetly by hand: instructions
Hand darning is suitable for right angle and cut line holes. For other types of damage, other repair methods will have to be used.
- Choose threads to match the fabric
- Apply stitches from one side of the hole to the opposite: back and forth
- Then, between these threads, make dense stitches, perpendicular to those already sewn, to create a thin mesh patch of threads. In this case, we alternately pass the needle and thread from the bottom of the existing stitch, then from the top
In the other direction, we form a dense lattice 
Final version How to sew up a hole in jeans neatly and discreetly using a machine: instructions
Using sewing machine you will need certain knowledge and skills. Using them, completely invisible traces of restoration will remain on your jeans.
- To prevent the fabric from rippling, stretch it well when sewing
- Lay the seam vertically so that it matches the structure of the fabric. This will make it possible to perfectly veil the damage.
- Baste the patch with a zigzag
- If there is no thread to match the fabric, combine two similar colors (insert a light thread into the needle, insert a darker thread into the bobbin)
- Mend a small hole using the “stuffing” method
Video: How to mend jeans on a sewing machine?
How to sew a large hole in jeans manually: methods, tips, recommendations
For large holes, it is better to make a manual patch in the form of an applique - For a large hole, the patching method is suitable
- Requires some hand sewing skills
- It is best to make a similar symmetrical decor on the other half of the undamaged part.
- We attach the patch from the outside, on top of the hole
- Fold the edges inward
- First we make a neat simple seam to secure it
- Then we veil with a decorative stitch
How to sew a small hole in jeans manually: methods, tips, recommendations
- This type of work requires special care.
- We select a flap that matches the tone of the fabric being repaired and is slightly larger than the tear.
- We secure it with pins from the inside out, facing outwards.
- We make a classic stitch around the hole by hand
- We cut off the rest of the patch
- On the front side, we select the frayed threads from the holes using neat stitches
How to properly sew up or mend holes in jeans between the legs?
Symmetrical patches In this case, you will have to make a payment.
- Use any of the above methods by:
- Patch Applications
- Internal patching
- Apply stitches at your discretion:
- Manually
- By machine
- For small damage, use a “trick”, which we will discuss later.
Video: Jeans repair
How to properly sew up or mend holes in jeans on the knee?
The fashion trend of holey clothes allows you to look very fashionable with holes in your knees. But if you are not satisfied with this option, you can carefully repair your pants using darning. Usually they use “stitching” - this is a type of stitching - forward and backward.
Progress:
- We select the thread in unison with the tone of the jeans
- Rip the side seam opposite the hole
- Cut out a patch from thick fabric
- We place it on the back of the trousers on the hole
- We put a piece of non-woven fabric on it
- Let's iron
- Making a stitch middle length first forward, hammering the hole
- Then we go to the reverse, moving the flap to the size of the width of one thread
- Having finished the work, we remove the remnants of the patch and interlining using scissors.
- Sew up the side seam
Final result How to properly sew up or darn holes in jeans on the butt?
Alternative patching option For work we prepare:
- A 2 cm piece of thick fabric larger size holes on each side. If you have a piece of denim, take it
- Adhesive fabric
- Threads to match the color of the fabric of the jeans being repaired
- Sewing machine
Progress:
- Cut the patch from the prepared fabric
- We put it on the hole
- We apply adhesive fabric on top. It should be a little bigger than the patch
- Cover with another piece of fabric
- Sprinkle with water
- Let's iron
- From the front side we process the hole with frequent and very wide stitch zigzag, overlapping each other 0.1 cm
- We pull the ends of the threads to the wrong side and make knots so that the seam does not unravel
- Leftovers adhesive fabric cut off
How to hide a hole in jeans, fill it up beautifully, decorate it?
Effective patching You can veil a hole in a very original way using a decorative patch or applique.
- Make the blank yourself or buy a factory one
- Secure the applique with adhesive fabric, ironing with a heated iron
- To prevent it from coming off after washing, secure it around the perimeter with several lines
It's up to you to choose how to extend the life of your favorite things. Just consider your sewing abilities. Any reconstruction must be done very carefully. IN otherwise the jeans will look very unsightly and you will have to take them off.
A lot of interesting ideas on repairing jeans is offered in an article published on our website.
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Sooner or later, every person faces the problem of things with holes, including knitwear.
Thanks to the special properties of this fabric, it is easy to repair knitted items so that not a trace remains of a hole of any size or shape.
How to sew up a hole without being noticed
Knitwear is an elastic non-woven textile fabric. Products made from it differ from most woven ones in being more plastic and elastic. This significantly increases comfort during their operation. Household knitwear is divided into the following categories:
- underwear (women's, men's, children's, sports underwear);
- light outerwear (blouses, skirts, dressing gowns, pajamas, women's suits);
- warm, sporty outerwear (sweaters, jackets, ski and tracksuits);
- stockings, socks;
- shawls, scarves;
- faux knitted fur;
- batting.
There is one universal and very quick way, which will help disguise a flaw on knitwear of any category. To do this you will need a hand needle and thread of a suitable color. Step-by-step instruction:
- Thread the thread into the eye of the needle and tie a small knot. Pass the needle inside out through the hole, leave the knot there, do not turn the knitted item itself inside out.
- Begin stitching the hole closed, picking up one edge and then the other.
- Finish the seam, pull the thread until the thread goes into the seam, becoming invisible from the front side, without pulling the fabric. You can always stretch the seam to the sides to straighten the thread a little.
- Bring the needle inside out and secure the thread.
How to sew a hole in a sweater
For large knit items, such as sweaters, wool socks and similar clothing, it is better to use repair methods such as:
- Darn. This method is classic for repairing knitwear. The degree of imperceptibility of the result depends on the size of the hole, the material itself (it will be very difficult to mend silk or other delicate fabric unnoticed), and the skill of the seamstress. Darning is often used to repair clothing in inconspicuous places. At the same time, the method copes with the task perfectly - it will help to sew up a hole made in a knitted sweater.
- Embroidery. The method allows you to turn the place where there was a hole into decorative element– embroidery. The method involves two stages: creating a base for embroidery and directly decorating. First, you can mend the hole with regular threads in color, and apply embroidery on top of them. You can also glue the material on the inside adhesive based and decorate on it. Another option is to patch the item. A patch is glued onto the “web”, after which you can embroider on top. Virtuosos can darn and form a pattern at the same time. This method helps turn a flawed item into an original piece of clothing. The downside is that this method requires more time, selecting a drawing and completing it.
Darn
To darn a hole in knitwear, you will need threads that match the color of the fabric of the item, a hand needle, a “fungus” or other darning device:
- Before starting work, run a needle and thread around the hole so as not to pull the material. During the work, you can not touch this thread, and then simply pull it out.
- To sew up the hole, use a darning tool and begin to form a mesh of thread of a suitable color, repeating the pattern and indentations as in knitting a product.
- When finished, fasten the thread securely and pull out the stitching.
Embroidery
You can securely and beautifully sew up the hole using embroidery. Prepare in advance a “mushroom” for darning, a hand needle, threads for darning and embroidery, and an embroidery pattern, if necessary:
- First you need to sew up the hole using the darning method, use a thread to match the product, a needle and a “fungus” for this, follow the steps from the instructions described above.
- On top, embroider according to the prepared pattern; try to select a pattern that completely covers the darning area. Often, embroidery is “brought” onto entire sections of a knitted product.
How to sew a hole in a T-shirt
To carefully sew up a hole, including on a favorite T-shirt, you will need a very thin needle (for example, for beading), unnecessary tights or a nylon stocking, as close as possible in color to the T-shirt, a thread threader, and an iron. Step-by-step instructions on how to sew up a hole in a T-shirt:
- Pull a thin thread from the stocking.
- Thread it using a thread threader, do not tie a knot.
- Start gathering the edges with a needle, catching the loops. Take one loop at the top and bottom, then tighten the stitch. Work from the front. Try not to pull the knitwear too tightly.
- Upon completion of the work, bring the needle to the wrong side, check that there are no unpicked loops of the knitwear, if necessary, pick them up.
- Secure the nylon thread with a few stitches and cut it off.
- Straighten the T-shirt, iron the repair area from the inside out through cotton fabric. Depending on the temperature, the nylon thread will change its shape, thereby fixing the knitwear in a molten form, without tightening.
Before sewing up a hole, you should pay attention to its size and frayed edges, and also determine the type of fabric from which the torn item is made. A simple ripped seam will be much easier to sew up than a large torn hole in the fabric. If your item is just torn, then you can easily sew it up along the seam, using strong threads for this. If there is a significant piece of fabric missing in place of the hole, then it can be mended with thread or a patch applied.
Steps
Selection of needle and thread
- Cotton, nylon, silk, jute, blended and others thin fabrics It is better to sew with thinner needles. In this case, the needle can be either short and only 2.5–5 cm long, or longer, if you need it. If you use a thick needle (about 1 mm thick) to work with these fabrics, it may leave visible holes in the fabric. If desired, use a thimble to protect your finger from needle pricks while stitching.
- If you are afraid of breaking the needle, choose a thicker needle. If your fingers hurt from the effort of piercing the fabric with a needle, help the needle pass through the fabric by creating a stop. hard surface. Some fabrics (like denim) are quite difficult to sew, so you have to push the needle with something hard.
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Make sure you have enough thread. If you are not sure about this, try applying an existing thread to the torn area. Add an extra 25 cm to the estimated required length of thread. Stitches eat up slightly more thread than the direct parameters of the area being sewn, in addition, you need to have a supply of thread for tying a knot at the end of your work. Remember: the thicker the fabric, the more thread it takes to sew it up. If the fabric is thicker than 5mm, you may need twice as much thread.
Insert the thread into the needle. Check that the tip of the thread is even and free of frizz. If the tip of the thread becomes fluffy, wet it and then twist it with your fingers so that it can easily pass through the eye of the needle. If you have trouble threading your needle, get a needle threader.
Tie a knot. Hold both ends of the thread and tie a knot on the longer one (usually the one that did not go through the eye of the needle). This will prevent the thread from jumping out of the fabric when you start sewing.
- If you are planning to sew up a torn knitted item, then you will have to put a little more effort when tying the knot. Knitted clothes has very large holes between the threads of yarn when compared to regular fabric. In this case, to get started you will need to tie a securing knot with a needle and thread on the very knitted fabric so that the thread doesn’t go anywhere.
Sewing up a torn seam
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Find the ripped seam. Compared to a regular hole, sewing up a ripped seam is quite simple. Where the fabric had previously been sewn together, the thread simply broke and split, causing the layers of fabric to separate and create a hole. In most cases, a seam that has come apart can be resewn.
- For example, a seam can tear in a pocket, causing all your change to spill out, or it can come apart on a sleeve, exposing your elbow.
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Turn the garment inside out. Get to the desired seam. You can then lightly iron the torn area with an iron at the appropriate heat setting to carefully align the garment pieces along the previous seam line.
Place a new seam in the footsteps of the old one. This can be done manually (with a needle and thread) or by sewing machine, using smaller stitches for extra strength. When laying a new seam at both ends, go a little over the remaining intact part of the old seam. Don't forget to tie a knot when you finish sewing. When finished, be sure to trim off any excess threads. br>
- Sometimes you have to sew up a ripped seam on applique parts of clothing, for example, on an applique or patch pocket. In this case, you need to take threads exactly to match the original threads, since these places are clearly visible. When making a new seam in this situation, try to maintain the same stitch length as the original stitch.
Darning of torn holes
Measure the hole. If the hole is too large, you will need fabric to patch it. If a pocket rips, it will also have to be sewn up. You will need a patch that is the same color as the torn fabric and large enough to cover the entire hole.
Assess the size of the hole. The most difficult holes to sew up are those in which an entire section of fabric is missing, for example, frayed holes at the knees of trousers or at the elbows of a jacket. Do not try to sew up such holes without applying a patch, otherwise you will simply pull the fabric, distorting the garment and making it look unkempt. [
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Apply a reinforcing patch. If the fabric is torn near the seam line or in the middle of the fabric (not at the seam), then you need to reinforce the torn area. Cut a small piece of fabric of the same quality and color as the fabric of the garment. Place this scrap under the hole with the right side facing out. Then bring the edges of the hole together as much as possible without puckering the fabric. Set the sewing machine to a zigzag stitch and sew along the edges of the hole, while grabbing the scrap placed underneath to sew the hole as securely as possible.
- The result, of course, will not be invisible, but it will turn out quite neat. If you are sewing up an informal item of clothing, you can use fabric in a contrasting color or pattern for the patch, and also create similar patches in other places so that they seem like a decorative decoration. In this case, patches can be applied to the front of the garment or made into appliqués to add a special design touch.
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Reinforce torn edges or frayed areas of fabric with classic darning. Start stitching a line of stitches 2.5 cm from the torn area. This is especially important when the fabric has become torn or thinned. Starting the darning at some distance from the hole will strengthen the fabric and prevent further tearing. Pass the needle through the fabric and carefully sew a dotted line with the thread, moving the needle up and down. Try to keep the stitch length to approximately 2 mm.
- If the edges of the hole are very frayed, try to strengthen them with a special liquid to prevent the fabric from fraying before you start darning. This will make the darning more durable.
- If the item of clothing fits you very tightly, the darning may come apart when you put it on. In such a situation, try placing a reinforcing patch under the hole and mending the hole along with it. You might consider sewing a button where the hole was mended if that would be appropriate. In any case, make the darning in such a way that it consists of large quantity intertwined stitches.
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After the first row of stitches, place the darning close to it in reverse side second row and so on. Repeat rows of stitches lengthwise and crosswise until you have completely covered the hole.
- If the torn fabric has frayed a lot, it may need to be tucked around the edge. Before darning, turn the edges of the hole to the wrong side and secure them with stitches. The fold can be simply single or double, so that the fabric stops fraying in this place altogether.
Choose suitable threads. If possible, use threads that match the torn clothing. If the stitches are not visible from the front side of the garment, then the thread color does not have special significance. You can also take threads bright color, matching or contrasting with the color of the fabric.
Choose the right needle. If the fabric is thick and rough (denim, leather, multi-layered fabric), take a needle that is sharp and thick so that you can pierce the fabric without unnecessary effort. If the fabric is thin and delicate, then you can use almost any standard sewing needle; however, you can use a thinner needle if you wish.
