J Stern Designs l How to Repair a Tear in a Pair of Pants 

Wow, nicely done! I’m sure your neighbor will appreciate your skill.

M'am, you showed very nice way to mend a tear. Very useful. Thanks. I came across your video for the first time but looking at the neat work and useful tip shown here I have subscribed you right away. Thanks.

This is the only video I can find on how to fix a fabric rip next to a welt pocket. Its pretty much what I thought I should do. A lot of videos have a method to pull the fabric together, but that method takes away fabric. But my friends pants have more extensive "shredding?" I cant believe this is the first time I have seen black interfacing. Earlier today I thought I was going to have to completely ripped out the welt pocket top stiching and start over. Thank you so much. Thank you!

Friends and family are always bringing me garments that they have ripped. I own a sewing machine and I sew a little but I guess they think I can work miracles. I'm so glad there are channels like yours that make it look so easy. Thank you so much for this video.

Thank you so much for this. A friend has a big rip in his trousers and he has asked me to fix it if I can and this video has helped a lot. His rip is a bit more challenging with an L shaped rip. But I have told him he will not be able to wear these again without something to cover the rip like a jacket. Thanks again. Now my time to try and fix it. Wish me luck.

Thank you! Your's is the best tutorial for this on youtube. I watched a few.

Thank you very much, it’s very useful

Great tutorial! This was exactly what I was looking for. I have a pair of pants with a vertical tear just like these. Tried searching for a fix but kept finding tutorials on how to mend jeans with a horizontal tear.. thank you!!!

Thank you so much for this video. My son-in-law ripped out both side pockets on his suit pants. I was able to repair both pockets and by the time I was done the repairs simply seemed to disappear. The pants looked brand new.

Thank you so much. Got torn suit trousers going to give this a go. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏼

Fantastic tips. Husband came home with a tear in his VERY expensive pants near the back pocket and i’m going to use this technique to address the issue. Thank you!

Thank you very much! They came out great :)

Interfacing!! Why didn't that occur to me???? You're brilliant, thank you sooo much.

The pants look amazing. Thank you for the video, exactly what I was looking for.

Great tip Tuesday! You did an amazing job camouflaging. That grey is hard to match. I stitched the tear (caused by my husband’s George Constanza wallet 😂)by hand then stabilized with iron on patch in black (that was all I had) Your way is better because mine puckered a bit. Lesson learned. You are right about sewing being a process not perfection.

That’s great I need to learn this

Enjoyed the video

Thank you a lots!

This is good info!

Thank you! Any ideas for repairs to dress pants with parallel tear at top of side pockets? Again, thanks

Hi love your videos can you show me how to mend thining material on croch area

Thank you!!!

Hi,thank you for video,what if the tare is on the knee of the pants

I like how you did this. Made sense to me as I have sewn garments since I was 9 years old and I have tackled mending when necessary. My DH tends to cause stress tears where the front pockets meet the side seams. This actually tears the fabric, not the stitches in the side seams. Because of the bulk, it's hard to get fusible where it needs to be to stabilize those torn fibers but I will keep trying. Can you tell me what that fusible product is? It looks like a soft knit which may work better than the stiff fusible seam tapes I have on hand. The good thing is the side seams are not too visible to the casual visitor so I can play around some more and hope for an acceptable fix.

Hi very new sewer, thank you for the direction for me to dive into me first mending project! I have a horizontal rip on semi-stretchy pants hopefully it works out! A couple questions, where do I get interfacing? And is a pressing cloth a certain type of fabric or just any piece used to fuse the two cloths together? Thanks!

Thanks! Great tutorial. I have a pair of pants that are torn in just this way. On two back pockets! I'm with you until the sewing machine. I don't have one. Can one make a "zig-zag" stitch without one? Any alternative suggestions? Thanks again.

I have a tear in a linen pant around butt area, at the joint. How to fix it ? I got it from riding a bike and cloth got really stretched :( thanks

Perfect. Would you use the same technique for an small L shaped tear on dress pants?

Do you have a video showing how to sew a small rip by hand?

What a great video. If you had to charge for doing this what would you charge?

hi, can you tell me what sewing machine did you use?

HI, WHAT KIND OF BLACK INTERFACING IS THAT, THE ONLY ONE I FOUND IS SOME KIND OF STRETCH KNIT TYPE, I NEED IT FOR DRESS PANT, THANKS

What's the best way to patch a hole in woven fabric if I have the exact same fabric spare?

I have a pant suit that has a tear on the bottom pocket but I don’t have a sewing machine! Is there any way to do it by hand ?

NICE featherweight!!!what’s it’s birthdate?

How to fix pants that rip between the thighs???

Good and helpful video spoilt with the subtitles blocking the view. Why do we need them in that position. Thank you.

Have you heard of a reweaver

A better way to repair that to keep the slack turned inside out and seam over the tear. It's much cleaner and hardly noticeable. You should never sew over the tear like the way she demonstrated. I've fixed many tears like that exact one and it's hardly noticeable.

Should have shown the pants repaired turned right side out.