My husband's love for his jeans . . .
And my love for him (otherwise I would never have spent the 4+ hours repairing these jeans - the ones sitting on my craft table are worse yet!)
As you can see - thread color is key. Will was in desperate need to get his "lucky jeans" fixed in time for a plant trial so I used what I had laying around. It's really better to take the jeans to the store and match thread to the faded and blue parts of the jeans. Below are the 2 techniques I have tried:- Use a zig-zag stitch that has the stitch length shortened to just above a satin stitch and sew down and back over the tear (using the forward/reverse button on your machine). I use a piece of scrap denim on the inside of the pant leg as a "reverse patch". It adds some structural integrity back to a worn knee.
- Use the darning foot (with the feed dogs down) and a zig-zag stitch. This method is much faster, although it took me a little while to get consistent results (it's kind of like free-motion quilting). You also need a piece of scrap denim for this method. I would also recommend buying more thread than you think you'll need. For Will's jeans alone I've gone through 4 spools of thread!
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