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onsdag 30. september 2020

How to patch a hole

 

 


 

 Patching a hole in your favourite jeans  isn't very difficult .

You don't need a lot of fancy stuff either 

All you need  is  a needle , some sewing thread a pair of sissors  and a patch of fabric .

If you have some  old clothes you can cut them up  and use them for patches.

 


Here I have used a bit of a leg from a donated pair of jeans .  I decided to use crochet thread  for my stitching this time, but regular sewing thread or embrodery thread works fine . Use what you have ,

Make sure your patch is covering the hole and a little bit around, my hubbys jeans was well worn and  had a bit of  worn areas around the hole so I made the patch quite big .

 



 

I used pins to hold it in place , and folded in  edges to keep it from fraying. A lot of people think it's cool with a little frayed edges, but mr Trollkjerringa don't .

I sewd the patch with backstitch you find a tutorial here

 
 
 To fasten  your thread sew a few stitches in the same place  


 
 
 Stitch around the patch  through bout layers
 


It's always nice to have a assistant, but not nessesary 


Then you have stitched all the way around , remember to fasten off by stitching a few stitches in the same place . Now you have managed to patch your jeans.

If you want to you can  keep going and making the patch a bit more.decorative.

I chose to make a little sashiko inspierd  decorations on this jeans.

this ar just runningstitch 

it's possible to skip the entire first step and  sew  running stitch  throug bout layers 

 




 

Up and down using runningstitch
 


Then the other way 


Now you will have super cool jeans  and saved a pair form the landfill 





2 kommentarer:

  1. Du gjorde en bra jobb.
    Varm hilsen til deg.
    Viola

    SvarSlett
  2. Du gjorde en bra jobb.
    Varm hilsen til deg.
    Viola

    SvarSlett