How To Repair A Cat Torn Polyester Couch

ID: 219995

Description: Cats love to scratch at cloth and furniture....

Steps:

1. Use a pair of scissors or an x-acto knife to remove any large strands of thread.

2. Use a small razor to clean up any remaining small strands on the couch.
3. This will help make the damage itself more visible, letting you know where sewing will be most necessary.

4. Insert the polyester, or nylon bonded, thread through your heavy-duty upholstery needle.

5. To knot your thread, first loop the thread around your index finger at least three times.
6. Pinch the thread with your thumb, and slowly roll the thread off of your fingertip with your thumb

7. Pinch and pull the thread you just rolled towards you to finalize the knot.
8. You may cut off any excess thread if necessary.

9. Piercing the needle into a corner of the hole where the stitching is still strong enough to hold the thread.
10. You will want to pierce from below the surface to the front, so you are pulling the thread towards the front.
11. Pull the thread all the way through until it hits the knot.

12. Pierce another hole directly vertically straight across from your first hole.
13. You want to pierce front to back, so you pull the thread through the back of the cloth.
14. Pull the thread all the way through.

15. Pierce the next hole vertically across again, but one thread-width to the side of the previous holes. Pierce back-to-front.
16. Pull the thread all the way through.
17. The next hole will go vertically straight across and front-to-back.
18. This will make a parallel stitch to your first stitch.
19. Repeat making parallel lines of stitches until the area of the hole is covered by vertical stitches.

20. Wherever your last stitch ended, pierce a hole at the closest corner of the entire stitching. Pull the thread all the way through.
21. This will hold the vertical stitches as we switch directions.
22. Push the needle over and under the vertical threads, alternating each thread.

23. Pierce the needle into the cloth front-to-back, then make another hole offset vertically back-to-front.
24. This is the end of the first weave stitch and the beginning of the next.
25. Pull the thread through and weave the needle across the vertical stitches again.
26. End the stitch with a hole that pierces beside it and begins the next stitch.

27. When the entire area is woven over, tie a simple knot at the end and cut off the excess thread.
28. The knot can be hidden by being pushed under the weave.
29. Any other loose threads or fuzz can be cut off using the scissors or razor.