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Pick which thread you want to use, and cut of a length that is between 4-8 times the length of the hole you want to repair.
Use a needle threader to thread the needle. Don't tie a know, instead leave a long enough tail for the tread to stay in the needle.
To attach the thread before your first stitch, do 3 stitches in the same place. This will secure the thread in place.
Sew up the hole.
When you're finished, to secure the thread again take 3 stitches in the same place. Before pulling your last stitch tight, thread the needle through the loop of your last stitch. Now pull it tight and it's secured!
You start off your thread as described to the left, and then keep looping around. When doing this, make sure that your stitches are a few mm away from the edge of the hole. Also, don't pull the thread too tight, as long as the edge of the hole it is covered it's good. Continue this all the way around and then tie off the thread as described above.
You can add fun embroidery to this, or keep it simple by just covering the raw edges of the holes.
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HOW TO USE THE EMBROIDERY KITS
1. pick a design you want to embroider and decide if it will cover the hole.
2. If you think the hole needs it, you can iron some of the white reinforcement material to the back of the hole. Simply cut it to size (it should be a bit bigger than the hole) and iron it on. Pay attention to the material of your garment and the iron not being too hot for it!
3. trace your chosen design on the transparent paper provided in the kit.
4. cut it out and pin it to your fabric.
5. pick a thread and decide if you want to use the thick strand, or if you want to split it up by pulling out one of the thin threads of which the thick strand is made.
6. thread your needle
7. attach your thread like explained on the left. Do this where you want to start embroidering. Then follow the lines on your transparent paper, stitching through both the fabric and the paper. (stitching technique below!)
8. keep going until you've traced all the lines, and then tie off your thread as explained to the left.
How to embroider a nice line:
For embroidery you can best use a back-stitch. This is done as follows:
Attach your thread on the inside of your garment. Then you go up through the fabric (in spot 1 on the image), and sticks back towards spot 2 on the image.
Keep doing this, so each time you go up, leave a space in between your last stitch and then close it up by stitching backwards.
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Darning a hole.
This is maybe a bit more difficult of a technique. However, still not impossible!
You're basically weaving back together your fabric. Start by attaching your thread. You're first going to take long stitches over the hole, paralel to each other.
Once you've covered the hole that way, you'll weave the thread through your previous stitches. Go over-under-over-under.
Do this all the way until the hole is covered. When you're done don't forget to tie of the thread like explained above!
You can use on or more colors for this.
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Patching with embroidery.
You must have seen these video's online, super satisfying hole patching.
Here's how you do it:
Attach your thread on the inside of your garment. Go up and take a long stitch - this will be one of the edges of the embroidery. Go up and create the second edge. Then paralel to these first two stitches, take new stitches but alternate. This way you'll get the cross-over effect.
This website makes use of the amazing amount of inspiration and instructions that is already out there. It is a place to gather all these sources in a way that everyone can access them. They all deserve to get credits for this! Each source has a number, you can find these numbers on the pictures. On the source page you can then find the corresponding source with the number.
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