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Is this type of damage repairable? Tailor advice needed.
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Phileas Fogg
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It can and needs to be re-woven by a rewearing expert and not a tailor.
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Eh...technically torn fabric is supposed to be rewoven and if it was in a high visibility spot like the front of a jacket or right on the thigh or something then sure, but in this particular situation, the fabric is dark, the tear is right on a seam, and it's on your ass no less where no one's really looking, so I personally would probably just have the laundromat seamstress patch it up for a $10 and call it a day.
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There is more than one way to repair this.
Don't recommend reweaving in a stress area. Stress from sitting and putting tension on the torn area and from using the pocket.
Some tailors will top stitch the area with a small, tight zig zag stitch. Not pretty and will show. It is also the most secure way to patch it.
What I've done is to create and sew a new dart front the waist band seam down thru the torn area and extending past the pocket. Make a machine/hand bar tack at the edge of the pocket to secure the area.
The person you find to work on this may have another idea.
Don't recommend reweaving in a stress area. Stress from sitting and putting tension on the torn area and from using the pocket.
Some tailors will top stitch the area with a small, tight zig zag stitch. Not pretty and will show. It is also the most secure way to patch it.
What I've done is to create and sew a new dart front the waist band seam down thru the torn area and extending past the pocket. Make a machine/hand bar tack at the edge of the pocket to secure the area.
The person you find to work on this may have another idea.
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