How to Fix a Ripped Shirt Hem

Step 1 How to Fix a Ripped Shirt Hem




• Turn your shirt inside out.
• Find your shirt's ripped hem.
• If the shirt has any loose strings, trim them.
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Step 2

• Iron the area of the shirt where the hem is ripped.
• If the hem is ripped several inches, you might want to insert sewing pins to keep the fabric in place.
• It's important to iron because it allows for easier sewing when the shirt stays folded the same way as the non-ripped part of the hem.
• The iron will be very hot. Be careful as to not burn yourself.
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Step 3
• Acquire a sewing needle and thread.
• Take your thread and loop it through the eye of the needle, the hole at the end of the needle.
• You'll want the thread to be the same color and shade as the original thread. For visual purposes, I will use red in place of black.
• The needle is sharp.
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Step 4
• Pull the thread through the needle so that there is an equal length on each side of the needle.
• Tie the end of the thread together by making a knot.
• Making an additional knot over the first makes it more secure.
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Step 5
• Starting on the inside of the shirt, poke the needle through toward the side that is right-side-out.
• Sew over the original thread for about half an inch to ensure that it's thread won't rip again.
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Step 6
• Once the needle and thread is pulled through the side that is right-side-out, you will push it back through as close to the original hole as you can.
• Doing this will make the visible hem as hidden as possible.
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Step 7
• When you're back on the inside of the hem, make the next stitch a couple millimeters over and diagonal from the first.
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Step 8
• Continue this pattern so that the inside has diagonal stitches, and the outside has small, staggered dots.
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Step 9
• Finish sewing the hem. Make sure the last stitch is on the inside of the shirt.
• Make a knot where you intend for the pattern to stop.
• It's important to tie the knot as close to the fabric as possible. Doing this secures the stitching.
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Step 10
• Cut off excess thread.
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