Step two: Once the garment is inside out, you want to pick out any bits of loose thread from the splitting seam. This will keep it from being problematic later, and it will keep the mended seam from being poorly mended.

Step three: Once you clean the area up, you will want to keep the garment turned inside out. Then match the edges of the fabric together where the seam is coming apart, you will want to line it up so that you can mend it properly. Then pin the matched edges back into place.

Step four: You will then want to choose some thread that matches the clothes, and make sure that it at least matches the other thread used in the garment. So, go ahead and thread a needle with this thread that resembles the rest of the thread in the garment. After you thread the needle be sure to tie a knot in the end of the thread so that it does not pull through the fabric.

Step five: Now, you get to start mending the fabric. You should start about an inch from the edge of where the seam is coming apart. You want to start stitching the fabric together from right to left.

Step six: You want to pull your needle up through both layers of fabric, and make sure that it is still aligned correctly.

Step seven: Once you realign be sure to insert the needle to the right of the spot where the thread came out and push the needle down through both layers of fabric. Pull the needle back up through the fabric, to the left of the spot where the thread originally came out. You basically want to thread the needle through the fabric, and be sure that you evenly space your stitches.

Step eight: Continue stitching this way, this is called a backstitch, so this means make sure that you bring the needle up through the fabric half a stitch behind the previous stitch, this way you get a good reinforcement. So, make sure you continue stitching this way, and once you mend the entire seam be sure to tie a knot in the thread, and cut off any extra.

If you want to make sure the mended seam is extra reinforced, just double back and re-stitch the whole thing.

There are several different ways to mend a ripped seam, and you can use a variety of different stitches, however, the back stitch illustrated above, is probably the best for mending seams.

If you find that you rip seams out regularly, or that your mend does not stay even if you do a good job, then make sure that you buy bigger clothes. If you are ripping out seams that you have already mended, your clothes are probably too tight. You can rip seams out because of awkward movements, like trying to kick your leg above your head, or trying to touch your toes. Or, you might be ripping seams out because you are wearing sizes that are too small. So, determine what your seam ripping causes are, and remedy them, but in the mean time use the above steps to mend seams.