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DIY: Have a Tear in Your Favorite Shirt?

Saturday February 16, 2019

Do you have a tear or a hole in your favorite piece of clothing? Stitch it up! Here’s a How To to fix that little problem. A Darning Stitch is a great way to patch a hole in your clothes or fabric. You can also experiment with colors of the thread to make it totally your own 😉

Things you will need:

An item of clothing with a hole or tear
Thread
Needle
Scissors

Now let’s get started

Quick Tip!

Before we get started, here’s a really easy way to thread your needle.

First, put the thread through eye of the needle and match ends of strings.

Pinch end with index and thumb

Wrap it around your index finger

Make an "X" on your finger tip — Make an “X” on your finger tip

showing hole with string

showing a hole with string

tying a knot with string

tying a knot — Twist upwards!

hands holding string — And you’re done!

Now back to our hole problem-

Put needle through base of hole

Halfway through, out your needle between the strings

pulling string to sew stitch — And then pull through

needle going through shirt — Start stitching

showing stitch that is being sewn — a square around it

showing stitch that was made — Make sure to not pull too tight!

pulling needle through shirt — Stitch horizontally across the square

showing the stitch in the shirt — You are basically weaving

looping thread — Make as many cross hatch stitches over the hole

sewing a stitch — Now tie it off! Pull the needle through, loop it in and pull!

Photos by AJ Wilson https://www.ajwilson.us/