How to sew a pocket on a jacket

The pocket is an integral and rather “capricious” attribute that adorns most models of modern clothing. Trousers, windbreakers, jeans, sweatshirts or hoodies - they can all have (and most often do have) pockets. Many are accustomed to using them as storage for small items, such as apartment keys. Therefore, a torn pocket can cause a lot of problems, not only aesthetic, but also everyday. It’s very unpleasant to come home and find your keys missing.

In this situation, the question arises - how to properly mend a pocket. To do this, you don’t have to go to a studio: you can deal with the problem on your own. You just need a little time, patience and available materials: threads of a suitable color, scissors, chalk or a piece of soap and an iron.

How to sew a pocket on a jacket inside or replace the lining

Most outerwear models are decorated with welt pockets. Roughly speaking, they are a small bag. It is the inner part of the element that often breaks, causing small items and keys to fall out.And the appearance of the wardrobe item deteriorates.

Repairs are carried out using the following technology:

1. The first step is to turn the clothes outside. The inner part will open, which is a burlap lining fabric.
2. After turning the product inside out, you need to carefully examine how it was sewn at the factory. If the method of processing the seams allows you to replace the lining without much hassle, then the edges should be marked with chalk, indicating the upper and lower parts - they can be of different lengths. This simple manipulation will simplify the work of assembling an element with new material.
   
3. At the next stage, you need to carefully flog the leaky fabric and carefully go over it with an iron - in the future you will have to make new parts for the pockets from the pieces. A special fabric called “pocket” is used to sew the lining. It is a denser version of calico, painted black. If such material is not at hand, you can take any other dense cut.
4. The selected material must be carefully ironed, then the parts of the old lining are laid out on top.
5. Trace the factory elements using chalk or a piece of soap. It is important to leave a small amount of fabric for the seams - make an allowance.
6. Carefully cut out new parts along the resulting contour, marking the upper and lower parts with numbers, letters or other clear symbols.
   
7. Sew pieces of the future new lining to the inside of the welt pocket.
8. Connect the elements together. Manipulations must be performed strictly with a fine double stitch. Parts sewn in this way last much longer and are not afraid of mechanical stress. In other words, keys or small change placed in the pocket will not tear the fabric for much longer.

If clothes with torn welt pockets have internal material, and it is not possible to turn it inside out, then you just need to pull the burlap out. Where the gap occurs, remove the remaining threads, and then carefully bend the edges of the dense calico.

Then sew the hole with a small double seam, alternately grabbing several threads on each side. Secure the resulting seam with a tight knot so that it ends up inside the clothing.

Using a blind stitch, carefully sew the pocket to the inside of the product.

How to sew a pocket on the outside

Overlays are often made from the same fabric as the clothing. They are denser than slotted ones, because they do not have thin burlap. However, such options often break, spoiling the appearance of the product.

Stages of restoration of the applied part:

1. First of all, you need to carefully walk the iron over the place where the leaky element is located.
2. If the factory seam has come apart, you will need a thread that matches the factory color.
3. Then, using a sewing machine or by hand, you should lay a neat seam exactly in the place where the marks from the factory stitches are located.
4. Hide the threads and the fastening knot in the inside of the pocket.

Whatever version of this important clothing attribute is leaky, you can deal with the problem without visiting the studio. And thanks to timely restoration, your favorite item will delight you for many years to come.