Stitch it with stout button thread and a big needle.
At each end of the tear cut another tear at right angles about half an inch in each direction (you will have to stitch these too of course) and these two extra cuts will stop the original tear growing like this... I
Your chair will however be scarred for life but it will have character and a well loved look...
Good luck...
Peccavi
May 2009
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