Mend Ripped Jeans PROPERLY! How to fix tears in pants, patch holes & repair clothing professionally

Welcome to Slew Living! I'm Esther and I sew stuff to support a slow lifestyle.

In this video I'll teach you how to properly mend rips in jeans, pants and garments in general. This is the proper method to ensure you don’t rip the same area again! Once you learn this mending method, you can fix most holes that occur from wear and tear, and add many more years of wear to your garments.

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If you’re starting to learn about sustainable fashion and how to curate a more mindful closet, a great step is to learn how to care for your clothing and make it last longer. You might be surprised to learn that most carbon emissions emitted from the fashion supply chain are from the end user (us!) as a result of caring for the garment - things like washing, drying and disposing of it at the end of its life. Prolonging the life of a garment therefore decreases the emissions required to create new garments, and also the disposal of it to landfill. In the words of Vivienne Westwood, ‘Buy less, choose well and make it last!’

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Let me know in the comments if you have suggestions for more mending tutorials or garments you’d like to sew from scratch!

[breakfastplan]

PRO TIP: Don't just aim to fix the hole... Aim to re-fortify the crotch area entirely. If you hold your jeans up into a light you will not only see the light coming through the obvious hole, but you will see light coming through the next area that will eventually break. Try to patch all of those up in one go, and your jeans will last you another 6 months

[zalafinari]

This is so much easier and faster than re-weaving the material by hand. I'll be trying this method to repair a pillow sheet and see how it goes. Thanks!

[kraska]

Thank you so much for this video, I got my first sewing machine on Christmas and the first thing I did was repairing my dad's jeans using this video as a guide! 💓💓

[baileyo]

OHMYGOODNESS!! This is the best video I have seen for mending jeans. I had a friend's pair of jeans as well to repair in a similar spot (though the hole was smaller) and it worked wonders. Thank you so much for sharing this!

[OnYaBoya]

Great video and you came across very well. Just the obvious word issue, but it's very natural and most practically minded people who found this video would presumably be researching how to mend a hole in their garment. So kudos to you and thanks for sharing your relevant and useable knowledge.

[dreamdancer]

Thank you! I've seen a good many videos on how to mend jeans and I like yours the best, I'm going to try this! I also love the idea of mending your own clothes ❤️

[melissajenkins]

I have a jeans quilt that has similar types of holes. This is perfect, thank you.

[jlsuperman]

You are amazing!! Subscribed. I just could *not* find the tutorial I needed for my mend and here you've presented it exquisitely. My new work pants just ripped and I can't wait to fix them!

[wajo]

COOL

I got an iron on patch. I thought I would place it underneath the repair area, pull the area taut to close up hole…than iron patch. After that zig zag top…like you did. I like it, TY

[soniajeffrie]

This was fantastic 👏 I haven't sewn anything since High School. Thanks for the tips.

[CharlieC]

Thank you dimples! I will try this technique

[chilipeprsandi]

I love the way you make this look so easy. I will try this on my husbands jeans.💃🏻💕

[margieevans]

Thank you, very easy to follow and effective looks great!

[DavidEmailman]

I love this video. I'm into vintage clothing and pants from the 1970s plaids, stripes jeans 👖 and other types too and these techniques help my favorite types of clothing to be more available. Repairs, restorations, recycling helps people like me with such interest. Thanks for the video.

[MsSoms]

Thank you for this super helpful tutorial!! Loved the results.

[ilmatabak]

Great video! Thank you for this very detailed tutorial. I am just wondering, if my jeans were already repaired like this, but they ripped again on the same place, should I take the old patch off completly or work over it again?

[Unlist-fn]

thank you so much now i can fix my beloved jeans

[connie]

Do you leave the rest of the patch flapping around on the inside or do you trim it down to where you've sewn? Seems like it would be uncomfortable on the inside when you wear them.

[mrdjtoday]

Good stuff, nice job and thanks for the tips!😎

[tovablomgren]

great video, thank you! If my jeans are stretchy, should I still use the same technique as the one in the video or should i stretch the fabric as i sew?