I recently purchased a second-hand leather jacket, and the lining has significant holes in it where the pockets are. This is because the pockets extend about 2cm further down then the lining would allow.
Naturally I would want to fix these holes and stop the fraying, but I’m not sure how I could go about this. I don’t have any suitable material to patch it, and wouldn’t want to cause further damage. Having a patch that dangles below the hem to accommodate the pocket is undesirable, but losing pocket space instead would be a bummer. I’m also uncertain how well I could attach a different material to the existing lining, especially with my limited skills.
It should be noted that there is still some material attached to the leather along the hem of the jacket, which could be used to attach a patch.
Any recommendations would be appreciated, as I’ve never had to do anything like this before.
I would also simply patch it with whatever sturdy thing you can find. You could try to thrift something of a similar colour, I personnally like to get my patches from old jeans, but I also don’t care what my clothes look like on the inside. Patch it much bigger thant the hole though, I can see that te fabric to the left is also damaged, you want to cover everything that feels a bit flimsier than normal.
For the pocket issue I don’t see any good solutions. Maybe you could try sewing part of the pocket to smthg so it sits a bit higher? (not the lining, but if you can access the seam alowance along the zipper maybe ?