How To Fix Ripped Pant Knees - That Look Amazing! -

woman standing looking down at her ripped camo pant knees

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In this post I show how to fix ripped pant knees that look amazing. My sister came to me with a favorite pair of ripped pants. The ripped knees had grown bigger and now didn’t look so great anymore. We looked through my pile of fabric swatches that I keep. We found a perfect fabric to mend these holes in her ripped pant knees.

Since these pants had an allover print of camo, we went with a more neutral fabric patch. The method I chose for this is to add the patches inside the ripped pant knees to showcase the ripped edges of the holes.

Supplies needed

You don’t need a lot for this project! You can cut an old woven short, or jeans for your fabric patches if you don’t have any other fabric swatches available.

Below are the supplies I used. The rotary cutter, matt and clear ruler were game changers for me. If you think you will be doing additional sewing projects I would highly recommend these items.

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This project was easy to do, and doesn’t require a ton of skill, supplies or know how. Just follow these easy steps to achieve a similar look on a pair of ripped pant knees that you may want to repurpose for a refresh look.

Steps on how to fix ripped pant knees

Turn pants inside out
Place a cardboard sleeve in leg( I used a cereal box and cut it in half for each leg). This prevents you from sewing both sides of the pants together.
Cut your patches so that they are bigger than the actual hole and gives you a sewing allowance to stitch.
I sewed the patches from the inside and used a blind stitch method so that the square patch wouldn’t be visible in the front.
Once these patches are sewn around, turn your pants right side.
Place the cardboard sleeves back in the legs. I then made a 4 ply thread and sewed a running stitch around the frayed areas. This has two purposes: One, to better secure the swatch to the frayed hole and two, adds another decorative detail.
I liked the flap, so I anchored it down with a few more decorative flower stitches. You can also check out this previous post HERE where I used an embroidered running stitch detail to fix these jeans.

Because I used this embroidered swatch, I was concerned that the stitches on the swatch would be uncomfortable on the inside and rub on my sister’s knees. I had a thin soft woven fabric that I used a craft glue and spread a very thin layer and stuck on the embroidered swatches. This added a barrier against the rough decorative fabric we chose for these ropped pants.

So Simple and easy anyone can do this! So many different ways to fix ripped pants. Just a little imagination and you will have your own unique pair of repurposed ripped pants for your closets.