Is there any way to fix this?

[ArrowCollarMan]

I cut the slit on my lapel, when I first got this jacket, and I snagged the threads at the bottom and tore all the threads out. Every time I look at it it bothers the heck outta me so I'm justing wondering: is there any way to fix this?

 

[John in Covina]

Button Holer

Many sewing machines have a button holer, perhaps if you could get the line up just right it could fix it. [huh]

If not, a good tailor or sewstress might be able to repair that.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

This is pretty hard to do with a seam ripper. What did you use?

I'd take it to a tailor (well, i'd do it myself. If you know how to do buttonholes, it's pretty easy).

bk

 

[Sunny]

Yeah, that took talent! Don't try to use a machine on it; that'll need to be resewn by hand. With a machined buttonhole, the slit isn't cut until afterward, but when they're done by hand the slit is cut first. That's why many times they're neater; the raw edges by definition are enclosed. If you try to use the machine now, you'll just shred that neat raw edge. But get a seamstress or tailor to stitch it by hand. The whole thing ought to be resewn, not just that side. Matching thread is almost impossible. Good luck!