small tear on leather sofa seam

sparky40

Hi folks,

I have noticed a small tear/rip along the seam between the cushions of my leather sofa. I was wondering if this is A) easy to fix yourself or not too expensive to get someone in to do it. It is only approx 1 inch so far but am a bit wary of it getting bigger.

TIA

RikM

Fixing it will depend on how easy it is to get to the back of it.
I know the seat seams on ours (for example) are just about impossible to get to; shaped foam interiors, with attached supporting interfaces. So you can't reach the back of a problem to glue on a patch.

sparky40

Hi Rik,

That was my fear that the cushions are not removable and it would be quite difficult to sew, however I was thinking it may be possible with some kind of curved needle, like they use in the hospitals.

Thanks for the reply.

RikM

sparky40 wrote: »

Hi Rik,

That was my fear that the cushions are not removable and it would be quite difficult to sew, however I was thinking it may be possible with some kind of curved needle, like they use in the hospitals.

Thanks for the reply.

That can work, if you have enough sound leather to work with. If it were just some pulled stitches, then no problem. But leather is naturally uneven. Sometimes a break happens because the leather is thin or weak just there, which can make re-sewing it difficult.