How to sew a patch on pants. Jeans frayed between the legs: how to sew them up using a sewing machine

Before choosing a repair method for trousers, it is necessary to examine them very carefully. After all, the choice of repair option is influenced by the size of the hole, and the place where it is located, and even the capacity in which you use these pants or jeans. And only after that you can decide how exactly you will save your favorite pants.

How to sew up a hole in your pants

The simplest tear is considered to be the usual divergence of the fabric along the seam. Fixing a hole in your pants is easy in this case. Just turn the trousers inside out, join the torn halves and sew. The main difficulty is to match the threads to the color and get into the previous seam.

If the edges of the fabric are slightly torn when tearing, pre-treat them with an overlock to prevent further fraying and loose threads. And then sew the parts as usual

If the hole is quite small and located in an inconspicuous place, plus it has fairly smooth edges, you can sew it by hand. To do this, carefully, literally along the very edge, sweep the edges of the hole with a needle. Make sure that folds do not form and that the pants do not bulge as a result.

If the situation is somewhat more complicated, and the hole turns out to be impressive or has uneven edges, you will have to use a machine or even a patch. Using a sewing machine you can fix minor scuffs. The machine works especially well with holes in groin area. To fix the hole, choose a foot that is typically used for embroidery or zigzag. Carefully begin to connect the two opposite parts of the hole using artistic sewing. This way you will eliminate the defect and further decorate your pants. This method is ideal for working with jeans.

If the jeans are damaged enough (but the holes are small), you can process them all using a sewing machine. As a result, you will get a fashionable and stylish thing that no one else will have

Naturally, if the hole is quite large, but it’s a shame to throw away your pants, you can use patches. For their manufacture, they usually use fabric of the same texture and color as the main material of the pants. Alternatively, you can work with contrast - take a completely different fabric from the main one and make a beautiful patch. Cut the patch to size slightly more hole, it can be applied both externally and internally. Then carefully stitch it to the pants.

We sew up a hole in the jacket according to all the rules

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If you have torn your trousers (even formal ones, from a suit) on your knees (fallen, etc.), you can use beautiful leather patches and continue to use trousers for the office. There will simply be no one more fashionable than you

Alternatively, you can use ready-made application. Naturally, this method is acceptable only for informal clothing. Such applications often come in the form of stickers. Appliqués and patches are used mainly on torn holes, the edges of which are very uneven and cannot be sewn with regular sewing.

Jeans are known as the pants that wear out frequently. At the same time, their main advantage is that you can sew them up as you please. On jeans, any type of patches, stickers, appliqués or just seams will look original and interesting.

Things to consider when sewing up a hole in your pants

Of course, not every hole can be sewn up, thereby saving the trousers from being relegated to the trash heap. And in this case, it’s unlikely that anything can be done. True, some craftsmen still try to close the hole and turn the pants into home pants or ones in which you can tinker under a car, etc. Alternatively, this is possible. But you just need to remember that in this situation only a patch will save the situation.

We sew the trousers by hand with front side

Holes can form on trousers made of any fabric and in the most unexpected places. Most often the area between the legs, knees and tissue on the butt are affected. Often pants come apart at the seams due to poor quality threads. There are several ways to sew up a hole in trousers; you will learn how to do this below.

Trousers are the most vulnerable item of clothing. They wear out faster and are more often exposed to mechanical stress when worn. Sometimes unforeseen situations lead to a hole or tear in your favorite product. The first desire is to throw away the unusable product, because not everyone knows how to sew up pants, but clothes can be repaired and worn for a long time.

In a person's wardrobe there is a large number of different trousers: business, sports and training, jeans, home. They are all made from different fabrics and each require a special approach to repairing them.

First, you should determine what type of rip in your trousers:

• seam divergence;
• small hole;
• a large hole with jagged edges.

When the extent of the damage is assessed, you can choose the suturing method:

• hands;
• on sewing machine;
• use fabric adhesive.

Before starting work, you need to select threads to match the fabric so that the work is almost invisible. It is necessary to iron the area to be repaired, aligning the edges as much as possible. Important point– do not wash a product with a hole, as this will lead to an enlargement of the hole, the edges of which will become even more uneven.

How to quietly fix a hole in your pants?

Sometimes the task arises of sewing something up from the outside so that the seam remains inside (invisible from the outside). WITH outside you need to do something so that the distance between the holes is the same and the lines are parallel (otherwise the seam will be uneven). There is a simple way using glue (gossamer):

• take a piece for a patch (cut from a hem, from a pocket flap, from a belt hem);
• buy a “web” for hemming the bottom of trousers or something similar with adhesive;
• after practicing on the same hem of the bottom with another piece, seal the hole with this same piece;
• if the fabric is loose, you need to overcast the edges of the patch, or carefully glue the patch along the edges.

Invisible trouser patch

We cut off the frayed edges of the hole and protruding threads. Now we extend the damage with scissors, cutting the fabric at both ends. It would seem that we are only making the hole bigger. But this will help us make the seam less noticeable - neat cuts will allow us to smoothly reduce it to nothing along healthy tissue.

Now you need to use a thin thread to match the color of the fabric over the edges of the hole so that they do not fray later. There is one trick here. Overlock stitches should not be visible on the front side, but they should not be made very short, catching only two or three outer threads of the fabric. These threads will soon fall off along with the overlock stitches. Therefore, we process the edges of the tear with rather long stitches, but we lay the thread mainly along the wrong side. And we stick the needle in so that it comes out to the front side only at the very edge, capturing two or three threads, and then goes back to the wrong side. There, at a distance of 4-5 cm from the edge, we grab with a needle only the top layer of material so that the thread is not visible from the face, and again bring the needle to the front side only at the very edge of the damage.

Having processed the edges, we bend the fabric along the tear line and connect it, laying small neat “back needle” stitches along the wrong side, as close to the edges as possible. We lay only a few of them over healthy tissue, reducing the seam to nothing.

Now you need to iron the seam. Professionals do this on a special wooden block. It's like a small ironing board without a soft covering. But you can get by with a regular ironing board; ironing is a very important operation in darning. After all, when you connected the edges of the hole, the fabric in this place became uneven. Convex bubbles formed in the corners. They are removed and seated, carefully moving the iron from the edges to the middle of the bubble. It is better to do this through a wet linen cloth.

Instead of a patch, you can use adhesive

Turn the work over to the front side - a slightly noticeable mark remains at the tear site. It won’t exist either if the tiny hollow in the place where the edges of the tear meet is closed with a special covering stitch. This is done with a thin silk thread matching the color of the fabric. It's even better to pull the thread from the edge of the product. Millimeter by millimeter, a zigzag stitch is laid, pulling the edges of the valley flush with the surface of the fabric.

The final touch is to iron the seam again and, if necessary, lightly walk along its front side with a stiff clothes brush to even out the pile of the fabric. On soft fleecy materials, skillfully made darning can be detected only by looking at the reverse side.

Plastering - mending a hole in the trousers

Plastering is used in cases where it is difficult to sew up the fabric with a straight seam, and it is too early to apply a patch (for example, if the threads of the fabric are preserved in at least one direction and the fabric has not torn, but only become thinner). A skillfully made contraption is durable and almost invisible. When starting to repair small damage, you need to select a soft thread and color (floss, darning), or even better, pull the thread out of the fabric of the product in a hidden place, in the shared seams, etc.

The piece effectively sews up holes in denim trousers

1. Pulling the fabric front side on a solid object, lay even stitches along the grain thread, leading the rows so that they pass through still strong places.
2. You have to sew forwards and backwards.
3. When moving from line to line, you need to make a loop at the end of the row so that the threads do not pull the fabric together.
4. When the shared threads cover all the worn-out places, the same mesh is applied in the transverse direction so that they intertwine with the shared threads, as in the usual darning of stockings.
5. If the threads of the fabric being repaired are located diagonally, then the piece is done at an oblique angle.
6. If the damage is significant and there are almost no threads left in the main fabric, you can choose another one. suitable fabric, hem it from the wrong side under the area being repaired, and then, using a thread of the appropriate color, sew the piece on the front side.

Ironing after fitting has great importance. If the piece was made of dark and thick material, then the repaired part of the product should be placed on ironing board wrong side to the iron, moisten thoroughly and iron with the toe of the iron at medium heat. Then turn the product over and place a damp cloth on it. thin fabric and iron with the entire surface of a hot iron.

After plastering, light and thin materials must be ironed from the face and back through a damp cloth.

Features of repair of various types of pants

Classic pants

In suit trousers, you should sew up a rip only if it is not visible. If the sewn place is visible to others, this will clearly damage the business reputation of their owner.

Seam divergence is very easy to fix. To do this, use a machine or a needle if the hole is small, using threads to match the fabric on the wrong side. It is better to sew up a small hole in an inconspicuous place with a needle. It is necessary to ensure that the sewn area does not gather: do not tighten the thread, straighten the fabric in the process.

You can significantly extend the service life of trousers:

• first of all, you need to monitor the serviceability of the braid, which, as a rule, is trimmed from the inside of the bottom of the trousers;
• as soon as the braid begins to fray, it must be replaced with a new one so that “fringe” does not appear on the trousers;
• The braid must be sewn so that its thick edge protrudes 1 mm from under the trouser cuff.

So-called cuffs are often made on trousers. If they are frayed, you need to completely tear them apart, clean them with a damp stiff brush, iron them through a wet cloth and plaster them (see the “Plastering” tip). The width of the cuff is usually 5 - 6 cm. When sewing, it will decrease slightly. Accordingly, the trousers themselves will become somewhat shorter. Therefore, the new line of the cuff should be 1 - 2 mm higher than the previous one, then it will cover the place of the piece.

To prevent trousers from stretching at the knees, it is recommended to sew twill, silk, half-silk or other slip fabric from the inside. Thanks to this, the trousers stretch much less at the bends of the knees and retain the fold much longer.

Jeans

These are the most popular pants of all time. Jeans are worn by adults and children, men and women, old people and youth. Modern fashion allows you to leave a hole or abrasion on your jeans unchanged. Contrasting or matching patches look great on such clothes. This gives the clothes individuality. Still, there are such damages that the jeans will have to be sewn up.

1. From a piece of similar color denim cut out a square whose size is 2 cm larger than the hole. If the fabric around the hole has become too weak (rotten), we put a larger patch.
2. We select threads to match the denim fabric. This stage is the most important. It depends on him whether the darning will be visible. When going to the store for threads, do not forget to take with you the jeans that need to be hemmed. After all, there are countless shades of denim (denim).
3. From the wrong side, we place the cut flap on the hole, secure it with pins and sew around the perimeter with a basting stitch. When the patch is securely fixed, remove the pins.
4. Place the jeans under the paw with the hole facing up. You need to darn jeans by running stitches on the machine from one edge of the basting seam to the other and back. To perform a reverse stitch, you do not need to turn the jeans over under the presser foot; just use the reverse stitch. We pull the fabric to the side when sewing so that the stitch does not lie on the stitch, but goes in a zigzag.
5. Remove the fringe from the surface of the hole.

The trousers are sewn. Now the old hole is invisible. Holes on the knees can also be darned in a similar way, and fabric can be placed in a contrasting or patterned one.

Jeans often fray between the legs. It’s impossible to beat this - you need to fix it, because soon a hole will form there. You need to take a cotton piece of fabric the width of the abrasion. Attach it from the wrong side and darn with suitable threads, which will be invisible from the front side. Thus, the life of the trousers is extended and holes are prevented.

A large hole with jagged edges is best repaired with a patch. The patch is chosen from the same material, but companion fabric can also be used. The patch can be attached in two ways:

• on the front side - the edges of the patch are folded, sewn over the hole, then stitched with decorative stitching (optional);
• from the wrong side - the patch is attached from the wrong side, leaving the hole open, then the edges are fluffed up (this technique looks impressive on denim clothes).

Repairing jeans may sometimes simply be beyond your ability if, for example, you don’t have a good sewing machine or don’t have enough experience. And after an unsuccessful attempt to sew up your jeans, you will throw them into the back drawer of the closet, or even throw them away altogether. However, any jeans can easily be turned into shorts. It’s enough just to cut the trouser legs evenly and correctly with scissors and pull out a few transverse threads along the edges to get such original denim shorts. Buy about a hundred of these metal jewelry and “breathe” new life into your old, torn jeans.

Not only shorts can be made from jeans. From old jeans you can make very original bag. Denim pieces can be used to combine with other fabrics such as leather. Eventually, the remaining pieces of jeans without holes can be used to repair other jeans.

Children's trousers

Holes can appear in children's trousers at unexpected times. All of the above methods are suitable for repair. In addition, you can now purchase adhesive-based patches of various sizes in craft stores. They are easily and quickly attached to the fabric using an iron. Withstands numerous washes. In addition, they depict various children's drawings, cartoon characters, and funny inscriptions.

On the front side you can select and sew a piece of fabric with a picture, applique or emblem:

1. Place the pants on the work table with the hole facing up. From the lining fabric, cut out a rectangle approximately 1-3 cm larger than the hole.
2. We apply the material from the wrong side and collect the torn edges, securing them with needles. It is better to carefully mend the tear from the front side.
3. Now attach the emblem of your choice with needles to the front part (so that it does not move) and sew it along the edge.

The most interesting holes will be those resulting from accidental “trauma” - with torn edges and even torn out pieces of material. This perfect occasion show your imagination and update them. You can make patches in these places using the method described above from a similar or, conversely, contrasting fabric. Some applique made from multi-colored pieces of fabric will look even more fun and interesting.

How to sew knitted pants

The industry has given us such an amazing fabric as knitwear. Knitted items have settled firmly and for a long time in closets. After all, they are comfortable and pleasant to wear. Almost everyone has knitted track pants, which sometimes require repair.

When sewing holes on such a product, it is important to follow each eyelet along the edges of the hole. It is necessary to pick up each one with a needle and tighten it with thread. If you miss at least one, it will subsequently form arrows. This spoils the appearance of the item and makes it unwearable.

When repairing knitted trousers It is appropriate to use any fabric adhesive. For example, non-woven fabric or dublerin. Turn the pants inside out, align the edges of the hole evenly, cut out a piece of glue (slightly larger than the hole) and go over it with a hot iron.

A hole in the toe or heel is one of the most common sock “damages”. It happens that there are no threads at hand suitable color- for example, at the dacha or while traveling. This life hack is about how to sew knitwear with a seam in which the thread on the front side is not visible, so you can use any color. In addition, there is no need for special devices, as with darning. Please note: this method is not suitable for very visible places. It's more of a life hack for quickly fixing a torn one.

You will need:

Hand needle;

Sequence of work:

1. Thread the needle and make a small knot. Do not turn the product inside out. Pass the needle through the hole to the inside of the knitwear and leave the knot there.

2. Start sewing up the hole, grabbing one or the other edge in turn. Proceed as shown in the diagram.

3. When you finish the seam, pull the thread. Pull until the thread goes into the seam, becoming invisible from the front side, but does not pull the seam. You can always pull the seam sideways to straighten the thread a little. Bring the needle inside out and secure the thread.

More clearly - in the video:

2. How to sew a broken stitch with a hidden seam: master class

In this case it is also used blind seam from the previous life hack. Detailed master class on how to make this seam.

The method is suitable for repairing burst or torn machine stitching where it is not entirely convenient to sew up a hole from the inside out. For example, you can sew up a hole in the lining, on the inside pocket, and so on. By the way, the same seam can be used to repair a torn hem on trousers or a skirt.

You will need:

Hand needle;

Sequence of work:

Carry out the seam as shown in the photo or in the diagram from the life hack above. At the end, carefully secure the thread.

More clearly - in the video:

3. How to sew up a small hole on knitted items: master class

We have already written about how to quietly sew up a small hole on fine knitwear(master class with video). The same master class is about how to repair thicker knitwear, for example, knitted sweater, pullover, jacket. In the same way you can sew up a thick knitted sock or any knitted item.

You will need:

Thin threads to match the color of the item;

Hand needle.

Sequence of work:

1. Turn the item inside out. Thread the needle. Start casting small stitches across the direction of the threads in the knitwear. Move up and down, threading the thread all the way to the end of the hole.

2. Now use the same stitches perpendicularly, along the direction of the knitwear threads. With each movement of the needle, intertwine it with the laid stitches, and grab a little of the material of the item being repaired.

3. As a result, the work should look from the inside out, as in the photo below. Secure the thread with a few small, neat stitches and cut the thread. Ready.

Photo and source: blacksprucehound.com

4. How to lift loops and sew up a hole in knitwear near the seam: master class

Such a hole near the seam - quite common occurrence. This tutorial is about how to carefully lift up the stitches and repair a sweater.

You will need:

Hook suitable size;

Threads that are suitable in thickness, color and composition for the knitwear being repaired;

Safety pin.

Sequence of work:

1. Using a crochet hook, pick up the escaped loops one at a time.

2. Raised chains can be fixed safety pin so that they don't run away again.

3. Having picked up all the escaped chains of loops, close them with a hook, sequentially pulling one loop through the other.

4. Secure the last loop with a thread and a needle.

5. Use the same thread to carefully sew up the hole.

5. How to lift loops and sew up a hole in knitted fabric: master class

To repair knitted items, it is good to use a knitted stitch - the work is especially invisible if you have the threads from which the item is made. Knitted seam good when the hole is not due to fraying, but, for example, due to a snag when the thread in the knitwear is pulled out and breaks.

You will need:

A hook of a suitable size (if you need to pick up runaway loops);

Well-matched threads;

Sequence of work:

1. Pick up the runaway loops with a crochet hook.

2. Thread the needle and start collecting stitches as shown in the pictures. A contrasting thread was specially taken here so that the principle of operation is clear.

3. Having collected all the loose loops, bring the thread to the wrong side. Secure it by passing it between the loops of the material, as shown in the photo. Also remove the torn thread scraps to the wrong side.

Photo and source: tashamillergriffith.com

6. How to mend a hole: three ways

Darning - classic way repair. Helps with holes in knitwear and fabrics. The degree of invisibility of the repair depends on the size of the hole, the material itself (silk or other delicate fabric making an invisible darn is very difficult) and dexterity. Most often, darning is used to repair things in less visible places. But it performs its main function - getting rid of the hole.

You will need:

Threads in the color of the fabric;

Hand needle;

- “fungus” or other device for darning.

Here is a diagram of a classic darning:

Before starting work, you can walk a thread around the hole so as not to stretch the material with darning. While working, you can leave this thread alone and then pull it out.

Special darning for knitwear:

First, the auxiliary threads are pulled with a thin thread, then a darning is placed along them with a thread suitable for the fabric being repaired.

Another darning option for knitwear:

First, threads are laid along the threads of the fabric, then darning is performed.

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 of a suitable color. Oddly enough, but most often pants get holes from daily wear and regular machine washable. And there are times when a hole appears unexpectedly, for example, as a result of getting caught in 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 family budget to update your 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.

1. Normal break. 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.
2. 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.

• 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.

1. 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.
2. We fasten the parts with running stitches.
3. We bend the edges of the patch and secure them using a blind stitch.
4. Mask the edges of the hole. We bend them inward and sew them up in the same way.
5. Remove the contrasting basting thread.
6. 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 by using the same or different elements applications.

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 seams difficult. Then use 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.

So that the scuffs are not visible, and the application that masks them does not leave, carefully fix it with blind stitches along the edge of the insert. Don't forget to iron the sticker first.

When sewing a torn edge along the seam, make sure that there is no involuntary contraction of the fabric. Otherwise, the product will lose its original appearance.

Use your imagination when sewing up the hole.

• accessories;
• ribbons;
• lace;
• sequins.

It is not necessary to select the fabric for the patch to match, it can be a contrasting shade.

If the house has old products that match the texture, use them to repair the failed product. This is especially true with jeans. Beat the hole in a conspicuous place with a patch from old trousers.

It turns out that it is not difficult to reanimate a thing with your own hands. Now you know how to sew up a hole, put a patch on trousers and make a trendy thing out of out-of-fashion trousers. And how to do it right, the baggage of knowledge accumulated over the years will tell you. Especially since we all went to school and attended technology classes.