I like this because not only did you patch it with the same material, but you stopped the hole from getting bigger, and you can barely tell it's patched. 10/10.

When I was a kid (after the WWII) men's suit was very precious and damaged material was very often repaired by specialist artisan called "art patcher". They used treads of a damaged material taken from inside and waved them over hole imitating the original waving. It was very precise and took a lot of time to be done, but it was almost invisible. For us kids it was a real magic. This kind of repair was very expensive but was only way to save suit.

You’re amazing. My beautiful darling Mother was a trained Taylor from the Athens Academy in Greece. She was a natural talent but studied to have her credentials. Her work book was amazing. A treasure! There was nothing she could not fix, mend, repair, knit, crochet. She had such an innovative, engineering genius mind, immediately working out the best way to do the job. Her customers, would inspect their garments and wonder where, how she did it! She loved surprising them…..we loved it too! I miss her so very much 😢

When our son was 4 he was ring-bearer in a bridal party. I had to make his little suit. It was out of very expensive grey wool. After the wedding, he was wearing this suit to a different event and he tore a small hole in the pants. I took it to an oriental tailor shop and they did this technique (at the time I had no idea how they did it). I couldn't believe it, it really was invisible! I asked the girl how they did it ... she just laughed 😆😆 ... now I know why!

This is really interesting. It’s like a middle point between regular patching and full reweaving. I would never do this for customers, it would take too long, but I will try to remember it to use on my own clothes!

When I was growing up in southern California in the late 1950s/early 1960s my parents met a handicapped lady at church. I think she was from Mexico as she had an accent and taught me some Spanish. She had a small shop front on a busy street and lived in the back. She did this kind of repair work and called it 'French Weaving". She had two ways of doing it and would tell the customer that one way was less cost, but you would see the repair; the second way was more expensive, but it would be invisible. I remember that she would wear a magnifier on her head while doing this. She had a good business and was able to support herself. I have never seen another business that does this. So nice to see someone doing this time -consuming, beautiful work!😊

I have never seen such a patch! Wow. It’s so fascinating. Excellent job!

I’ve seen this before, it’s a very old traditional Japanese repair technique. Very satisfying to watch your repair!

Wow! It is tedious but I appreciate learning how to patch this way. I doubt I could do it well as I’m pretty new to sewing but I’m the type that I’d give it a shot if the garment was special or expensive. 🏆❤️

Patch is not in a stress point, looks great and bought more time with a nice pair of pants. Thank you for what you do!

I wish I had been taught this years ago. I did repairs and alterations for many years, but always had to send off my invisible mending for another lady to do. Seeing this, it really was something within my ability. Thank you so much for sharing.

I'm in awe of this type of patching every time I see it, it takes so much skilled high detail work!

I am quite expert at repairing knits. I once had to unravel a pocket of handspun alpaca. Then the yarn was too soft and weak to re-stitch so I had to spin it more densely before I could sew new stitches. I have known there was a method like this to repair good wool but never could figure out how it was done. You are generous to share.

Beautiful Job! As a Weaver, I can appreciate the amount of work that went into such a small patch. Bravo! 👏💕

That's a very neat and interesting technique. I had to mend a woven wool fabric recently and used long threads taken from a large hem. But I did it thread by thread and it was incredibly long and boring. The result was fine enough, but your way is definitely better ! I like the double loop needle threading technique a lot. That's going to be a real timesaver

A beautiful repair, but if my husband sees it, he will want me to use it on his beat-up cargo pants!😄 Anyone else notice men seem to think clothes can be repaired forever?

Once a very long time ago about 40years back I use to work in a factory where we use to make high-end coats and one of the our german floor managers offered to this for me on a pair of my fathers pants and i just couldnt .make out how he did it. I was fascinated at how he's done it Well now thanks to you after more than 40years I finally know. Soooo very big thank you .xx

Great job! You reminded me how my father saved his friend's wedding suit, 60 years ago. The tailor forgot the iron on the trousers and the burnt hole was huge and the wedding had to be tomorrow! My father used the same technique and saved his friend's wedding, maybe even his life. He was mending it the whole night and the result was fascinating. Nobody noticed the damage.

You are a magician, Downtown Tailoring! I now mourn all my past garments this approach would have saved 🙁

Thanks so much for this! My husband tore his nice suit pants in a fall and I didn't think I could patch them without making it look worse or making him look homeless!!! LOL Gave this technique a try and while I wouldn't say it's perfect - especially if looking with a magnifier close up, but when he wears them it is not noticeable and even I have to look hard and I know where it is! So i would say it's a win!! definitely was better than any other option. And it was fun to try something new! Your video was great - more helpful than others I saw. Really appreciated the closeup views and instructional tips.Thanks so much!

That is an very interesting method, I think I have enough patience to to it, but I'm not sure a client would agree to pay for the time it take to do the job. Thank you soooo much for all the technique you teach us.

Great job and I admire your patience. And your sewing skills are off the charts!

Wow! You can barely notice, and you saved the pants from the landfill ( unless they would be prepurposed). I will probably have to watch the thread loop part 10 more times (I am a beginner to early intermediate sewer). This is fantastic! I have a pair of wool pants I have been saving to upcycle repurpose. They have been saved this long. There is no harm in trying now! Thank you for posting a really interesting video.

This brought back some memories of my grandmother 🥰 my mom had a checkerboard-type patterned skirt and she tore a hole through it with her heel. My grandmother took material from the pocket and perfectly aligned the fabric pattern to replace a few squares. It was seamless. It’s fascinating to see different techniques for repairing ❤️ I love to see them.

Looks amazing 🤩 I wouldn’t even dream of trying this out though. 😅

Between my brain, my eyes, and my hands not working that great any more, I'm sure this would not be possible for me. But it is an amazing skill you are teaching here, I'm sure many others will be grateful and make good use of your lesson. Thank you.

A great technique! I think maybe starching the patch piece would have helped stop the threads from warping too much as well as lifting the iron when pressing instead of dragging the material back and forth.

Wow this is crazy! It looks so good! Thank you for sharing 😊❤

That was difficult yet amazing technique!

Wow that is amazing, definitely worth all the hard work. That’s if I could have an outcome as good as yours 😊. Thank you for sharing with us. Xxx

Anyone getting close enough to those trousers to spot that wonderful repair would have their mind on something very different! Behave !!!

Love this technique for invisible patching.

Great technique... Lots of patience and skill.

I have heard of invisible weaving, but have never seen it done. I am impressed!

WOW!!! What a nice job. This patch you did on the mereno wool pants, reminded me of some of the repairs my grandmother used to do. She was such an excellent hand sewer, it was amazing to me. I learned some really nice hand work from her.

That is crazy! Beautiful work!

Wow!! I'm impressed and amazed once again. love your channel. Thank you for all the information you share with us

My grandmother learned this technique from her grandmother. It is difficult but works wonderfully!

Thanks sooo much for sharing your knowledge!❤️❤️❤️

This was spectacular! Thanks so much for sharing!

as you told in the video, even if it's not %100 perfectly invisible, yours is a good example of fine work and patience 😮 i'm gonna try this in my t- shirts. thank you so much 😊❤

Fabulous technique. Thanks for sharing.

That's wonderful! I'm very impressed!

Incredible! Thank you for sharing.

Nicely done! Thanks so much for the tip.

Thank you! I love this technique and your teaching method.

Wow! I never seen anything like this!! Thank you for sharing 👏🏾

I think you did an excellent job. I thought you would put patch on inside and work it that way. It looks very good. I did a repair similar to this 30 years ago -- and never to do it again. Lol. Again, you did a beautiful job and I enjoy your channel

What incredible work! Bravo!

I'm in awe of your talent, and I love your attitude. Thank you so much for all of your lessons. You are definitely lifting my sewing game. 🤩

Thank you for the video. You did a great job. My mom was a Master Tailor and she had another way of making the repair totally invisible but, never got a chance to teach me. 💖

It's pretty damn good; I wouldn't have noticed a difference if it hadn't been pointed out.

I can't believe. Great! So big work! Thank You for lesson!

It IS perfect!!! Yes, you are and EXPERT! I love this.. I will definitely use this technique!

Thank you for teaching us this technique. Brilliant job

Wow!! You are amazing! I appreciate the time and effort you put into this patch!!

Wow! What a great sewing tip. Fabulous job!

Gracias, muy buena técnica, mi abuelita me la había querido enseñar y no la volví a ver hasta hoy 💕

Wow! This is beautiful work! Amazing!

That's amazing! Great job teaching this technique as well as doing the repair. I might use this!

Great job, I appreciate your patience.

I’ve never seen this technique! Thank you very helpful ❤

WOW this is amazing !! Thank you for filming and sharing this technique!

Thank you very much for the video! This is a lot of work but for some beloved pieces it's worth it. Thanks for showing and teaching.

Oh this is such an incredible idea! Thank you so much for the tutorial.

I love watching and listening to you. And listening some more!

Great job! You saved a quality wool suit for your customer. Thank you for sharing your technique!

This tutorial is incredible. Thank you for sharing!!

This is what craftsmanship looks like. Love it.

Amazing! Wow! Well done 👍

Beautiful work! You are a craftsman!

You are so beautifully skilled. Thank you for sharing this technique.

You did a fabulous job. I also learned a technique that I had never thought possible before. Thank you very much for sharing.

You are so talented…Again presenting us with useful skills. Gracias la Señora.

I’ve seen this done before but I’ve never seen anyone explain the technique this way. Thank you so much. I had 70% of it down, but you helped me figure out what to differently next time. Repair, repurpose, reuse, folks!

What on earth! 😮Magic! You are talented

I’m definitely going to try this. Thanks for sharing.

Bravo!!!! What a gift you have

Beautiful work!

Good job

Tedious and meticulously executed work ! Your hands are golden ! Thanks for sharing your techniques !

Brilliant! That looped needle is so smart!!

That’s so skillful!! Very tricky job too

This is incredible, thank you for this!

I LOOOVE it!! U did an awesome job I can’t wait to be able to do this on clothes now!! Thank u so much

Great idea! Amazing!

Beautifully done!

this is amazing, i had no idea this could be done this way. thank you for showing us! i will keep the video bookmarked in case i will ever need some mending tips. the way you explain things is very helpful and easy to follow, i learn so much!

You are amazing. I have never seen this done. I learned about something new. Thank you

Wow beautiful! ❤

You are very skilled. 😊 I'm impressed!

Gorgeous. It's so time consuming, and the taylor must be so experienced, that to have it done to your clothes you'd end up spending more than buying new clothes nowadays (unless you can do it yourself...). I remember my grandmother had it done to a pair of my grandfather trousers, but it was a different era, all clothes were of a superior quality, they were meant to last a lifetime, buying new ones would have surely cost much much more. And even back then in my area there was a cloister of nuns, renowned for being the only ones able to do such a thing. I remember the whole family looked with awe at the results of such perfect handiwork. You couldn't tell were they patched.

Such nice work. Thank you

You are definitely an incredibly passionate & devote sewist!! Awesome job!!!!! Thank you for showing us this crazy technique!!!

🤩AMAZING!! I am going to have to try this out for my husband’s jeans!!

That is awesome! Thank you for posting this. I knew it could be done, but I nevee knew how.

Wow, fantastic!

That is great! Thanks for showing us how to do this.

I have not seen that before! The results are so gooooood 😉. I would do that on a very special piece. Thanks for sharing ❤

I have patched a knee of some suit pants and a hole in a coat with this method. The coat was done before I had ever seen a demonstration. Basically I made it up. I didn’t think of a loop on a thread, so I carefully threaded every single fray onto my needle. But I was so proud of the fix! Your video added extra things I will think about in the future. The grain and the pocket fabric but probably not the basting. I loved you basted the interfacing too!