Patching a sport coat

What I did:

Before

This sport coat had two small rips.

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sport coat hanging against wooden background

Before: front view of sport coat

sleeve of sport coat with small rip

Before: one small rip on the sleeve

sport coat with rip by armpit

Before: another small rip by the armpit

closeup of rip on sleeve of sport coat

Before: closeup of the rip on the sleeve

closeup of rip in sleeve of sport coat

Before: closeup of the rip by the armpit

After

The rips were small enough and the sleeve hem was wide enough that I was able to take some fabric from the sleeve hem to make patches to cover the rips.

hand holding sleeve of sport coat with small matching patch

After: patch over sleeve rip

sport coat with small matching patch under armpit

After: patch over armpit rip