Jodhpurs repairs

You can use two pieces of material that match the colour of the pants best. One piece for each leg. Make sure the pieces are a bit larger than the worn off areas.

 

Follow the crotch seam line of the pants for the seam between the two pieces and leave enough fabric for the seam allowances. First sew the crotch seam on the pieces, then place it on the inside of the pants  and pin it in place. Pinning all around the piece from the right side.

 

Next you can hand sew the pieces to pants from the right side, with small stitches using a matching thread colour.

 

Another way you can repair the pants is to cut off the worn off area, in a symmetrical way from both pant legs. Then use this as a pattern for two new fabric pieces. These new pieces can be a different complimentary colour if you like.

 

To do this fold the pants along the crotch seam line pinning the two legs together in the worn off area. Then draw a line with a tailor’s chalk, marking the area to be cut off. The cut off line can be bigger than the area that is worn off and give the pants a new style.

 

Make sure to add a seam allowance for the crotch seam line. For the other seam lines, where you join the pieces to the pants, you need to add twice the seam allowances, since the pants does not have any seam allowance around the cut off area. 

 

Here is a picture that shows how this kind of repair could look using different fabric colours.

 

Happy sewing,

 

 

Nehzat