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How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket

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  1. How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket, How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 1, image 1 of 3 How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket, How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 1, image 2 of 3 How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket, How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 1, image 3 of 3
    • Identify the hole/rip, its length and the thread that matches the fabric's color of the jacket (or desired color).

  2. How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 2, image 1 of 1
    • Thread needle and knot the thread onto the needle, so that the needle and thread are inseparable.

  3. How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 3, image 1 of 1
    • Insert less dominant hand - hand one doesn’t write with - into the inside of the jacket, before holding the flaps of the hole together as to show how the loose fabric edges will align.

  4. How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 4, image 1 of 2 How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 4, image 2 of 2
    • (Starting at one end of the rip) using one’s more dominant hand, insert the threaded needle through one fabric flap, before returning the needle back through the other fabric flap, as to loop beneath the rip.

  5. How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 5, image 1 of 3 How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 5, image 2 of 3 How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 5, image 3 of 3
    • Repeat step 4 [looping beneath and above the rip] until the threads have looped the rip tight and the thread is hanging from the opposite end of the rip at which one started.

  6. How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 6, image 1 of 3 How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 6, image 2 of 3 How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 6, image 3 of 3
    • Knot the thread multiple times - 2 to 4 times approximately - and remove the excess thread following the knot (use scissors for best results).

  7. How to Repair a Ripped Cloth-Fleece Jacket: step 7, image 1 of 1
    • Wash jacket [or get dry cleaned if necessary] and repeat steps if needed.

Conclusion

To undo the threading [as to start over, or simply remove the stitch], only snip/cut the applied threading along the rip and remove the excess threading.

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