Patch hole in couch, love seat, or padded chair - PEP BB textiles.straw.upholstery.patch.couch

A quilty patch for my sofa/ couch.

The hole in the arm of my couch started small and over only 2 weeks it’s become a huge problem. Could it have anything to do with my kids pretending the couch is a trampoline? 🤷‍♀️
I used a pretty price of cotton fabric and cotton thread to patch it up.
Other materials used were a needle, straight pins and scissors.

To complete this BB, the minimum requirements are:
- Sewing a patch to cover a hole in a couch, love seat, or padded chair.

To document your completion of the BB, provide proof of the following as pictures or a video (less than two minutes):
- The hole in the furniture needing repair.
- The materials you will use to make the repair.
- You making the repair.
- The completed patch on the couch, love seat, or padded chair.

I love the idea of putting a leather patch on over the worn sections of an armchair or couch. This old La-Z-Boy has a lot of sentimental value and is not ready to be replaced. The seas has gotten really worn down and has several tears. I ordered a piece of leather that was the perfect size to fit here and spent all day sewing it on and I totally love how it turned out! I just ordered more leather to add more "accent" patches and this is going to look almost like a completely new chair.

Here is the worn-down chair.


I grabbed my sewing stuff. Then I remembered I had a leatherworking kit that had never been opened. I wasn't sure what tools I needed until I got started.



I chose a blue cotton thread because the upholstery fabric had red and blue in it. This is my first time using one of these weird curved needles and I actually broke one doing this.


I pinned the whole patch on and flipped the chair on its side so I could easily get the underside. What was nice about pinning a patch on an upholstered piece of furniture was the fact that I could just stick the pins in without having to worry about having the pins come out the other side of the fabric.


As I went, I poked the leather with an awl. It took me a few inches to get the process down and figure out how to stick the needle through so if you do this I would recommend starting in a spot that will be less visible until you get the hang of it.


Patch in progress.


The finished chair!