How to Repair a Leather Car Seat Rip With Needle and Thread

Clean the rip area.

Cut the upholstery thread about 3 times the length of the hole.

Insert the thread into the eye (hole) of the curved needle.

Take both ends of the thread and tie a knot together

Mark a line of dots (1 centimeter apart) along the edge of the tear.

Do this on both sides of the tear.

Use the leather hole puncher to punch holes on all the black dots you drew.

Insert the curved needle under the first hole in the top right corner.

Pull the needle halfway through the hole; the thread will look like a loop.

Insert the needle through the thread loop.

Pull the needle all the way, anchoring the thread to the edge of the fabric.

Insert the needle on the opposite side of the rip in the first hole on the bottom right.

Pull the thread all the way through.

Insert the curved needle in the hole to the left of the first hole on the top row.

Thread the needle through the second hole on the bottom row and pull tight.

Repeat this process three more times.

When you reach your fifth stitch, tie a knot to add extra strength before continuing.

Loop the needle through the hole you just pulled the thread out of, creating a circle of thread.

Insert the needle through this thread loop and pull tight to create a knot.

Repeat step 6 and 7 all the way to the end of the tear. The two edges of the tear should be sewn together.

Loop the thread into the last stitch made.

Insert the needle into the last hole.

Insert the needle again into the same hole creating a loop of thread.

Insert the needle through the loop of thread twice.

Pull the thread tight creating your final knot.

Cut the remaining thread.