How to repair a fur coat with your own hands

In detail: how to repair a fur coat with your own hands from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.

Improper storage, scuffs or bends of the pile spoil not only the appearance of the fur product, but also knock a woman out of a rut. One consolation - such defects are easy to fix. Moreover, even with your own hands. With some sewing experience, of course

At home, sewing repair work on fur is carried out manually, with a goat stitch or overcasting. You cannot use a regular line machine, as it pulls the fur during operation and damages the flesh. For convenience and strength, a split seam is glued with a contact tape (without heat treatment!) And stitched with an overlock seam.

To eliminate a hole, a gap, a piece of fur is selected that is identical to the pile on the damaged area. A patch can be a part cut from a belt, a hem, a side seam.

Using a blade or a tailor's (clerical) knife, carefully cut the edges of the damaged area, giving them the correct shape. When working with fur, scissors are not used, as they cut off the pile. After that, they carefully mark the patch without pulling on the fur. Finally, it is sewn with an overcast seam.

To complete the repair, you can tap lightly with a wooden mallet through cloth or paper to flatten out the fur.

Slight abrasions at the folds are eliminated by removing them into the inner seam. This will require

1.Unplug the bottom of the lining and the seams that secure the hem
2.Sweep the place of bald spots
3.Duplicate with cold contact tape
4.cut off the damaged area with a knife (blade)
5.Sew the edge together with the tape with an overcast seam
6.Unscrew the product and tap on the seam
7. Sew the lining back in place.

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This requires the hands of a professional. The fabric for the lining for a fur coat is chosen from natural materials or viscose so that the fur breathes. By agreement with the master, insulation is added or removed.

When stored properly, fur products can be used for several decades. In the case when the flesh is not overdried, the product can always be repaired.

If small defects appear in your favorite fur coat, but you are not going to part with it, check the condition of the skin. Is the flesh plastic and does not creep? Then feel free to start the repair yourself or bring the thing to the "Mobile Tailor". Our atelier has been successfully repairing fur products for 5 years.

If you think about changing the model or altering your fur coat, we will definitely help you too.

1.I got me on the occasion of a fur coat for free, from nutria, last year. Fur seems to be like nothing else, but the wrong side - the skin (hereinafter MESDRA) is already very frail. Not because of the old age of the fur coat, not because the dressing is bad - to which I am more inclined, because. in places like not pulling the skin in different directions, it is stronger than jeans, and in places like toilet paper. Last year I repaired it a little and wore it for the winter (in the future I will show last year's repairs in the photo), but over the summer I recovered a little, and the moth gnawed the skin in one place, and from 3 fur coats, only this one spoiled it. one, with the repair of bald patches, shorten a little and embroider in the chest (everything is ok on the hips). And I filmed all this, suddenly someone will come in handy

Actually, there was such a bald spot, in the center of the back there was also on the cuff of the sleeve

For work we need: a clerical knife (or a razor blade), rubber glue (moment or crystal, etc.), a thin needle, threads in the color of fur or similar in color (no thicker than No. 40), cotton fabric. If the hole is not large and the area of the surface to be repaired is also small, then the glue and fabric can be replaced with a medical tissue adhesive plaster (hereinafter there is a photo of an example) Scissors and a pen or pencil, pieces of fur for repair (in my case, I shortened the fur coat and made from the cut fur patches and embroidered in the chest) And so let's get started: with a blade, or a knife, carefully holding the skin in weight, cut out a bald patch

We cut it out a little with a margin for good fur, then we put a piece of bald patches on a good skin of the bald patch (as in the photo), observing the direction of the fur, circle (without allowances) and keeping the skin in weight, carefully from the side of the bald patch, cut out a piece identical to our cut out bald patch

then we insert the cut piece into the hole (look at the direction of the fur) joint to joint and with oblique stitches we sew the thread to each other moderately (not strongly, but not weakly). Then, in the same way, we sew up all the holes and gaps in the menzdra.

There was such a hole on the sleeve not far from the seam.

Here I want to show that even if you have a gap into such small parts, do not despair, just carefully sew them into a single whole

And then we take our fabric glue and a fur coat and go to the balcony or corridor (because the glue smells very strongly in the apartment, it is not advisable to glue them) there we coat the entire seam and from the seam 2 cm in each direction with glue, let it dry out a little

put on the fabric and press firmly, make sure that all the edges are glued

After all the seams are cat. repaired glued, we again take a thread with a needle and sew our "sticker" with oblique stitches. This completes the menzdra repair

And this is my last year's repair with adhesive plaster, everything is the same as with glue and cloth

But as an experiment I tried this on double-sided tape, which is also good, but there are some peculiarities, after the tape was glued to the sponge, and the cloth to the scotch tape, all the skin should be washed well in my hands, and then, like everywhere else, quilted (here on it is a little more difficult to sew the scotch tape, the needle gets stuck in the scotch tape)

And this is the result of work - the place where there was a bald patch

And finally, a few photos of my tailoring - alterations from leather and fur. Here is such a sheepskin coat was sewn from an old adult sheepskin coat, I will say that this is the second sheepskin coat that I have already altered

This is how it was before the alteration, dirty in places with worn fur. The size of an adult sheepskin coat is 48, a children's one at the exit is 134.

And this is our first sheepskin coat, both of them are made of natural suede, and the fur inside is woolen (natural on a woven basis), the edges are all natural

This fur coat is all made of faux fur plush

Here is such a vest we have sewn from the collar and the edge from grandmother's polto

Here's another fur coat and a hat, probably not very visible, but it has ears on the top of the head

And I made such a fur coat for myself the year before last, it is a transformer, the sleeves can be unfastened, the lining removed, and a vest will turn out for the spring

I hope my MK will be useful and someone will save on expensive repairs in the studio. I ask you not to pay attention to the absence of commas and errors at 4 o'clock in the morning, as it is not up to that. And at other times of the day - the Internet is loading for a long time, then the pets do not give it. Oh, but I forgot to mention that after the repair, the fur coat must be thoroughly combed in order to straighten out all the villi captured by us during quilting.

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Incorrect storage, as well as folds or scuffs of the pile, often spoil not only the outer fur products, but also knock its owner out of a rut. The only consolation is the fact that such defects can be corrected on their own. From this article you will learn how to repair a mink fur coat with your own hands.

At home, such sewing repairs are carried out manually - with an overcast or goat seam.

Important! In no case should you use an ordinary line machine - it pulls on natural fur during operation and damages the flesh.

For easier and better quality work, the dispersed seam must be glued with a special contact tape (without heat treatment) and sewn with an overlock seam.

In order to fix a hole or gap, you need to pick up a piece of fur with the same nap as on the damaged area.

Important! For a patch, you can take a piece cut from a belt, side seam or hem.

To sew a mink coat with your own hands, you must follow the following algorithm:

Using a blade or a tailor's (clerical) knife, carefully trim the edges of the damaged area, giving it the desired shape.

Important! When working with fur, do not use scissors - they cut off the pile.

Gently sweep the patch, being careful not to stretch the fur.
Finally, sew on the patch with an overcast seam.
At the final stage, the place of repair needs to be lightly tapped with a wooden hammer through a thin cloth or paper - this is necessary in order to level the fur.

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You can fix minor frayed folds by tucking them into the inseam. To do this, you must follow this algorithm:

Unwrap bottom lining and seams that secure the hem.
Carefully sweep the area of the bald patches.
Duplicate using cold contact tape.
Cut out the damaged area with a razor or knife.
Next, you need to sew the edge together with the contact tape, using the overlock stitch.
Unscrew the fur garment, tap on the seam through fabric or paper.
Sew the lining back on.

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To fix the fur of a fur coat by replacing the lining, you need to contact a master.

Important! The lining fabric for a fur coat should be chosen from viscose or natural materials so that the fur can breathe. After consulting with the master, you can add or remove insulation.

Even a hole in a fur item can be repaired.

In order to restore your favorite fur coat, you need to stock up on the following materials:

Threads of a suitable color.
A set of needles.
Bandage.
Glue for a fur coat.

If your fur coat has been torn at the seam, then this option will be the most painless and not scary. It is enough just to neatly, but at the same time, to reliably sew up the damaged area where the fur coat has torn.

Important! In this case, it is necessary to sew the seam twice, and fasten the threads of the first seam so as to prevent further spread of the hole in the seam.

If the skin itself is torn, then you will have to glue it. The choice remains with the owner of the fur coat - he can either glue it with his own hands, or take the fur product to the atelier for a specialist to do it.

Important! It is necessary to immediately determine the location of the restoration, because the fur product will have to be there for several days in order to dry well, while not changing its original position. The ideal option is a dry and sunny place where the fur coat can be easily positioned horizontally without twisting it.

Do-it-yourself fur repair works as follows:

The first step is to attach the torn edges of the fur to each other as accurately as possible.

Important! Be as careful as possible! Otherwise, even an imperceptible skew may affect the appearance of the repaired product.

Next, you need to carefully sew the pieces of torn skin to each other. Try to do this as carefully as possible, while using a thin needle so that the damaged skins do not continue to rip.
After that, it is worth preparing the glue for further work. Glue "Moment" like no other is suitable for this procedure, however, you can use any other glue you like.
Cut off a piece of the bandage - it should be slightly larger than the seam where the two skins are joined. Next, you need to soak the cut piece of bandage with glue and attach it to the seam.
Leave the fur garment to dry.

Important! During drying, you cannot fiddle with, change the position of the fur coat, hang it in the closet. It will be much better if you leave the fur coat in the position in which it was during the renovation.

The armpits on a fur coat are one of the weakest and most vulnerable places. It is here that a product made from natural fur is torn most often. You can fix such a defect with your own hands. To do this, you need the following tools:

- a couple of needles of various sizes;

- threads that match the color of the fur.

The simplest and most easily eliminated injury is when the fur coat tore under the armpit along the seam. In this case, you only need to flash the attachment point twice. It is also necessary to securely fix the threads of the previous seam in order to prevent it from unraveling again.

Action plan:

First of all, you need to dry the fur product, for which it needs to be laid out on a flat surface.
Next, you need to connect the torn edges and sew them together.
After that, you should cut off a small piece of the bandage, pour a little glue on it and attach it to the seam.
Now let the fur coat dry.
Do not hang it on a hanger or touch it for a day or two.

In the list of reasons why the skin is torn, you should include poor dressing of skins or old fur. Also, poor care often leads to damage to the seamy side of the product.

To get rid of the defect, you can simply sew up the fur at home. Best for this furrier hand stitch... It is performed like this:

Gently fold the flesh with the hairs inward.
Next, you need to sew from right to left. The seam should resemble a standard overlock seam. The main difference is that the needle is stuck in the same place twice. As a result, the joint on the back will become almost flat.
It is very important, after finishing the darning, to unfold the fur product and iron the seam with a thimble, after moistening it.

Such simple actions make it possible to make the bonding site absolutely invisible either to the touch or in appearance.

If it was not possible to sew the flesh and it still breaks, then it must be strengthened by gluing a thin strip of fabric or leather. But do not use super glue for this, as it will simply crack at the break.

How else to glue a fur coat made of mink, nutria, muton and rabbit? Moment glue is a good choice. But it is very important to put a piece of soft thin fabric on the torn part. This will make the seam much more secure.

If any part of the fur product is torn at the seam, then you can repair everything yourself. This requires:

Place the damaged parts together.
Place a layer of gauze or similar cloth on top.
Secure the parts together with pins.
Glue everything together using Moment glue or another solution intended for gluing suede or leather.

If everything was done correctly, then the seam will be restored and will last for many more years. In this case, the appearance of the fur coat will not be spoiled.

Most often, fur products are torn at the sleeve or back. To properly sew up the hole on the back of the fur coat, you must first rip off the lining and insulation. Next, cut out and put a patch on the damaged area.

The patch is sewn to the place of break with the help of threads to match the fur and needles. It is sewn using a standard marking line. After the completion of the restoration, tap the damaged area with a wooden mallet. This will make the fur much smoother.

In the case of the sleeve, you need to open the side seam and open the lining.If the gaps are even, then you can do the repair yourself. Otherwise, the best and correct solution would be to seek help from a specialist.

If a hole appears on the sleeve under the arm, then to correct such a defect, a piece of fur must be inserted and securely sewn on. You can buy it either in the atelier, or cut it off from another fur product, if it will be redrawn in the future. If the hole is small, then you can only do with soft glue. In this case, a rubber solution would be the ideal solution.

Best of all, astrakhan fur coats lend themselves to repair. Due to the wavy structure of the fur, the seam will be completely invisible. Therefore, you can restore such products as often as you want.

Video instruction on how to sew fur:

This part of fur products is most often worn out. The edge rubs against the clothes, resulting in bald patches. It is best to replace the parts, and at the same time install new fittings, because buttons and hooks also wear out over time.

Important! New picks can be made from faux fur, leather, or even thick fabric, but the first two are better.

The lower parts of the sleeves also “go bald” quite often. There are two ways to deal with the problem:

trim and hem if sleeves are long;
sew on new cuffs.

It is better to hem with other material. There is no need to completely unpick the sleeve - just rip off the edge of the lining and insulation (if any), the hem and part of the seam adjacent to the cuff.

Bald spots, if they are at the very bottom, are best trimmed:

Measure the sleeve width (including allowances).
Cut a stripe 3 to 5 cm wide from leather, faux fur, or thick fabric - the length is the same as the width of the sleeve.
Align the long cut of the strip with the bottom of the sleeve, right sides facing each other.
Sew a seam.
Fold the strip to the wrong side, and pull the fibers caught in the seam with a needle to the front side.
Fold the strip to the wrong side by 0.5 cm and sew it with a “goat”, tucking the edge of the lining and insulation under it.

Want to shorten your old coat? This is not difficult to do. You will have to open a little - only the hem. By the way, do not forget to carefully look at how it is done - this will greatly facilitate your task:

Unfold the bottom hem (the side seams do not need to be ripped off).
Set aside along the side seams, how much you need to shorten the fur coat, do not forget about the width of the hem itself.
Shorten the lining and insulation by the same amount.
Moisten the place that you will be hemming with a sponge from the side of the flesh, bend it and put it under the press.
Insert the edge of the lining into the hem.
Hem the fur coat with a goat seam.
Comb the hairs on the right side so they lie naturally.

If there are a lot of damaged places and the product cannot be updated in simple ways, you will have to open it and sew something new. There are places that wear out the most intensively:

collar;
the bottom of the sleeves;
shoulder seams;
long fur coats have a hemline.

Naturally, you will not need damaged areas. The first step is to remove them, and then rip apart what remains.

The easiest way to remake an old fur coat, which has severely rubbed sleeves and a collar, is to sew a vest out of it. Any fur is suitable for this. You will also need:

lining fabric;
two buttons.

If there is a pattern, it’s very good, but in this case, nothing can be done without it.

Important! The markings can be done directly on the flesh (it is better to draw with a ballpoint pen). It is necessary to use, if possible, whole parts - shelves for the front, backrest for the back.

How to alter a fur coat with your own hands, having a vest pattern in your hands:

Place the pattern on the corresponding part of the fur coat and pin.
Circle along the contour.
Make allowances and circle again.
Cut with a sharp knife (you can use scissors with short ends, but it will be long and inconvenient).
Sweep details at shoulder and side seams.
Try it on, correct if necessary, and then cut out the lining according to the corrected pattern.
Mark the clasp and sew on the buttons.
Press the lining allowances to the wrong side.
Sew on the lining (it's best to do this by hand).

Important! Armholes and necklines can be trimmed with leather strips.

This is a short vest that can be sewn from a heavily worn fur coat. Since the shelf and back are short, they can be cut from any whole parts. The main thing is to make sure that the direction of the pile is the same on different fragments. Everything else is done in the same way as when sewing a regular vest.

If there is a lot of fur, but a whole fur coat still does not work out of it, you can make a combined one. Thus, you can alter a nutria fur coat with your own hands, and from other types of fur too.

with leather ribbons;
with leather inserts at the waist or sleeves, as well as with leather overlays.

In the first case, identical horizontal stripes are cut out of leather and fur. It is better to make them according to the pattern. The strips are sewn together, and only then the whole product is assembled. In the second method, details or their fragments are made from leather.

Mouton, aka Tsigeyka, is considered to be almost eternal fur. So it is quite possible that somewhere in the grandmother's closet there is still a fur coat, bought half a century ago and out of fashion a long time ago. It's time to make something interesting out of her. You will have at your disposal dense and heavy fur, which is best used for its intended purpose, that is, to make a new one out of an old fur coat, modifying it in one of the methods already proposed.

This fur is not suitable for making jewelry. But you can sew from it:

The procedure for making a rug or rug is quite common:

Open the fur coat without touching the side seams.
Remove bald areas.
Assemble a new panel, picking parts along the contours - you can even make a template.
Cut the missing parts from other fur or leather.
Trim the edges with a bias tape.

Parting with expensive fur is especially annoying. The mink coat can be upgraded while retaining the maximum amount of parts. If there is a lot of fur, nothing prevents you from making a short sheepskin coat or a mix fur coat with inserts. But there are other options as well.

You can sew from such fur:

a skirt, complementing it with a leather jacket with inserts from the same mink;
a hood with a mantle or a short medieval cloak;
plaid;
shoes;
mittens, a hat and even a scarf;
decorations;
bag.

Important! The mink can be beautifully dyed, so you may not have to alter anything - the yellowed fur can be dyed in a different color, and the coat will look like new.

The nutria has long and rather tough fur. It is warm and durable and also water-repellent. Oddly enough, such a fur coat can not only be altered, but even bandaged. To do this, the thing must be ripped open and dissolved into strips 2-3 cm wide. This should be done very carefully, trying not to cut the pile. All this is wound into a ball, woolen, cotton or acrylic thread is added, and then knitted with a thick crochet.

In a word, there are a lot of options for creating new clothes or household items. But what should not be done in any case is to keep spoiled fur products in the apartment. They not only clutter up the closet. Such things are very attractive to moths, so if you don't deal with the old fur coat in time, you risk parting with new fur or woolen things.

But on this we do not say goodbye, come back again!

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