This morning I decided my sewing room need a little TLC and "winter cleanup". I found several projects awaiting my return. I was able to complete 4 of them, LOL! The biggie was patching jeans... When I went in there, I saw and remembered these jeans my husband has been hounding me patch up for him. There were 4 holes that needed patching and I'd tried patching the 2 big ones previously. Unfortunately I'm not the queen of "mending" things and my little sewing machine has a hard time with heavy duty materials.
Anyway, I searched Pinterest (which is my new habit for tips & ideas) a while back and came across this jean's mending blog. This lady is awesome. I put her tips to test this morning and it worked out great! For jeans, the style seems to be that anything goes for the "look" anyway. This tip used fusible backing as a stabilizer to hold the hole together and allows you to do a up & down motion to fix the hole and yet continue the "distressed" look of the jeans that is fashionable anyway. I was leary but it worked, even for me and my unskilled sewing self and machine!
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| Jean's After Patching |
These are Kyle's yard work and utility jeans anyway, so if they came out screwed up, it would still be better than paying huge amounts of money for new jeans to work in anyway. Here's some pictures of the final product. I was quite happy with the results for "work" jeans and being able to extend their life. Thank you Pinterest for providing yet another invaluable tip!
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| Jean's After Patching |
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