Leather Glove Repair

Leather gloves are a constant accessory for men and women for the cold season. It’s not easy to find your pair that fits perfectly in your arm and fits your wardrobe universally. Therefore, we so value our favorite gloves. But often it happens that over time they become worthless and break. Do not rush to throw them away. First assess the nature of the damage to the leather product.

There are three types of damage.

  • Machine stitching of one of the seams.
  • Damaged clasp, button or accessory zipper .
  • Torn product material . For example, the skin on one of the fingers of the glove wore and worn, the skin on the back or inside of the product burst and torn.

We will tell you how to carry out repairs yourself at home.

How to restore a seam

The problem can be easily fixed if the seam has been opened. This often happens, especially at the point of attachment of the base of the thumb to the main part of the glove. It will take a little time, patience and zeal.

  • It is necessary to unscrew the glove on the wrong side and remove the threads remaining from the machine seam.
  • Get access to a torn place. As a rule, all gloves have a lining, flannelette, knitted, fur.
  • The lining is dissolved in an appropriate place along the seam or an incision is made.
  • The hole formed is carefully sutured with the “needle back” method or a hidden seam, trying to get into the previous holes from the needle.
  • Evaluate the result.
  • Lining is sewn up.

TIP! If the fastener is damaged, the problem can also be fixed. The damaged part should be replaced: sew a new zipper or attach a new button to the product.

How to patch

If the damage directly affected the material of the product, it will be more difficult to repair it. In this case, it is worthwhile to show imagination and try to eliminate the malfunction, turning ordinary gloves into a unique product.

Anything can be used: old pieces of leather of various colors, dense fabric, straps, rhinestones, beads and other decorative elements .

If there are pieces of skin identical in composition and color in the house, it is worth trying to impose inconspicuous patches on the damaged part of the accessory. This is a painstaking affair.

ATTENTION! To replace the torn material with a new one, it is necessary to prepare a torn durable thread with a needle, an awl, scissors or a blade, a new piece of leather.

Work stages

  • Make a pattern from a piece of new skin . It must exactly repeat the shape and size of the removed part of the product.
  • Expand old seams using a blade or nail scissors. It is necessary to completely remove a piece of torn leather from the product . That is, to expand the seams of the glove around the damaged element on all sides.
  • Remove all threads .
  • Turning the accessory inside out, apply the patch to the edges of the seam. Fix it with needles around the perimeter of the upcoming work.
  • Manually sew the pattern with a blind stitch, making the stitches similar in size to the stitches of the leather product. In the process, you may need an awl to puncture new holes in thick leather material.
  • Fasten the thread well at the end of the process.
  • Sew a lining.

Decorative patch

If there is no piece of identical skin, but you still want to fix the wardrobe, you can take the skin of other colors, similar in color or even contrasting . This will give the product uniqueness and originality. Try to make decorative patches on the gap. The patch shape can be any: oval, rectangular, triangular and even asymmetric . The main thing is that the patch looks harmonious and neat.

  • Make a patch pattern.
  • Attach the patch to be sewn on top of the damaged area and secure with needles around the perimeter.
  • Perform a decorative seam using durable threads and an awl. Rate the result.
  • To achieve symmetry, you can also sew an identical patch on the second glove.

In addition to patches made of leather, pieces of various fabrics can be sewn to the glove. In some cases, it will look appropriate and harmonious.

Glove back repair

If the leather glove is torn on the back of the hand, you can not sew on the patch, but mask the seam.

  • Sew the gap on the back of the glove, making the seam as neat and inconspicuous as possible.
  • Find in the house any elements for decoration. It can be beads, rhinestones, sequins, large beads or bugles, small buttons and even pieces of lace.
  • Sew decorative elements, trying to mask the seam and create a beautiful artistic composition.
  • At your discretion, perform a similar composition on the second glove.

TIP! If you have embroidery skills, you can mask the seam with beautiful handmade embroidery.

Brilliance Return

After the restoration, I want to get shiny gloves that are very similar to those that were bought once. You can make them like that again! If the steam is contaminated, you must first clean the product (with a soap solution, shampoo, sometimes a cloth soaked in an alcohol solution).

To restore shine, a leather glove is rubbed with a special wax or cream.

Having shown imagination and patience, you can extend the life of your favorite accessory and keep the product in an attractive form. And decorating gloves with improvised materials will give them uniqueness and originality.