<p>Our son finally stopped growing last year and we bought him a suit. Not custom tailored but a nice one, and fairly expensive. He wore that suit yesterday for senior pictures. </p>
<p>For the photo shoot, he also took a pair of shorts that apparently still had the tags on. As proof that the brains of high school seniors are not yet fully developed, he decided to cut off the tags while the shorts were in his suited-up lap.</p>
<p>The hole is not horrible, but needs repair. It’s roughly 1/4" in diameter. It’s only the suit fabric and not the lining. Because of our warm southwest weather, the fabric is fairly flexible and lightweight, so an iron-on patch would show. </p>
<p>Any ideas for a fix? Some magic product out there that fills fabric holes and blends in? I’d hate to spend the money for a new suit. The hole is slightly to the inside of his thigh so might be easier to camouflage. </p>
<p>If it can’t be repaired, I’ll try calling the manufacturer to see if I can replace the pants. But I am concerned that it would be from a different dye lot and therefore a different shade. We bought it last summer.</p>
<p>We use a good local tailor for such things. He or his wife can tell us if a hole such as that can be mended without it showing. They do high quality work and we have never been disappointed.</p>
<p>Typically, the repair involves weaving in threads from a swatch cut from selvage/inside a pocket or somewhere else out of view. It’s best to go to someone very experienced. In our city the cost is well above $3, in the $20-25 range. It works better on fabric that has a bit of a pattern. On solids, the repair is often more visible.</p>
<p>^niceday is correct, but the price may be a bit higher. If the suit pants bottoms were cut for hemming you might have the extra fabric for a re-weaver to use. If not, a re-weaver can cut a smallish square from the existing pants hem.</p>
<p>Search a directory for a French re-weaver. In the (likely) event you can not find one, most full-service tailors will be able to send the pants out for you to have it done. I think you’re looking at a starting price around $40 since the tailor wants to make some money as well and will be adding his/her freight cost.</p>
<p>Thanks, everyone. Even $40 - $50 or more would be a bargain, compared to the cost of a new suit! There are no French reweavers within 30 minutes of me, but there is a tailor who got very good reviews and I will take it to her. I appreciate the feedback!</p>
<p>I had a pair of light tan suit pants that got a 1 inch hole. Took them back to the mens shop where the suit was purchased. When they came back, I could not find the spot that was repaired. It was a reweave using the hem fabric.
Turned out the seamstress lived in the building across from me. There is an art to the craft of reweaving.</p>