how to patch tears
Step 1
This method is great for larger tears, but works equally well on small ones or for personalising a garment.
Step 2
Choose an embroidery or tapestry thread if you have one (if not, use a fine thread and make smaller stitches). Thread your needle and tie a knot a few centimetres from the end of the thread.
Step 3
Find a scrap of a different fabric, the brighter the better! Pin it over the tear.
Step 4
Push your needle through from about 1cm from the edge of the patch, bringing it back to the front just past the edge.
Step 5
To create a blanket stitch, repeat the same stitch but bring the needle in front of the loop which is forming, catching it in.
Step 6
Your stitches should look like this.
Step 7
Repeat all the way around the patch until you arrive back at the original knot.
Step 8
For the last stitch, bring the needle through your first loop.
Step 9
Tie the two ends together in a double knot.
Step 10
Trim off the excess thread.
Step 11
You should have something like this!
Step 12
The back might look messier, but that’s ok.