Fixing a Hole in the seat of your Pants

Unwanted Ventilation

 

My husband get hot easily, it is probably where our oldest gets her over heating troubles.  As a result he prefers to wear fabrics that are light weight and breathe really well.  He loves the feel of a crisp fall morning. 

In the summer he has at least one fan going.  We have had as many as three fans going at once to help cool him and our children who run on the hotter side down.  However, as much as he likes a good breeze there are places a person doesn’t want open ventilation, like in the groin area of your pants. 

Unfortunately this is exactly what happened to two of his pajama pants; one split in the front and the other split in the back. So into the mending basket they went.

Step#1

I flipped the pajamas inside out.

Step#2

The pants had ripped right along the seam of the rear.  So I seam ripped the part along where it had split and went a little beyond that in both directions. 

Step #3

I discovered that the pants were also split in another direction. I seam ripped this part as well, again going a little bit beyond where it was ripped.

Step #4

I snipped off the fabric that had been separated from its pant leg.

Step #5

I pinned the smaller rip together then sewed the two pieces together.  I start the stitching before where the rip starts. I slowly increase the seam allowance so that it is at ¼ inch where I am going over where the rip is located.

Step #6

I pinned the larger rip together then sewed the two pieces together.  I start the stitching before where the rip starts, slowly increasing the seam allowance so that it is at ¼ inch where I am going over where the rip is located. Then I slowly decrease seam allowance after I have past where the rip is located. The stitching looks like a hill with at plateau in the middle of the hill.

Step #7

I flipped the pants right side out and the pants are repaired.

Onto next pair of pajama pants.

Step#1

I flipped the pajamas inside out.

Step#2

The pants had ripped right along the seam of the groin.  So I seam ripped the part along where it had split and went a little beyond that in both directions. 

Step #3

I snipped off the fabric that had been separated from its pant leg.

Step #4

I pinned the rip together then sewed the two pieces together.  I start the stitching before where the rip starts. I slowly increase the seam allowance so that it is at ¼ inch where I am going over where the rip is located.Then I slowly decrease seam allowance after I have past where the rip is located. The stitching looks like a hill with at plateau in the middle of the hill.

Step #5

I flipped the pants right side out.

Materials

Black Thread-left over from another project 0.00

Total Cost

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