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From: blackie
Date: 07-11-2004, 12:56 PM (1 of 4)
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My neighbor's teenage daughter gave me a pair of jeans that she tore and wants fixed. Luckily, the tear is on the front thigh of the pantleg (as opposed to the crotch or something else more difficult), but I am wondering what is the best way to patch this up? They are tight jeans so they need a patch that will hold up. Thanks! see the mundane life of a housewife.
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From: Aimee S
Date: 07-11-2004, 01:03 PM (2 of 4)
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I open the pants from the inside seam if it is not a flat fell seam. Then I lay it flat. Fuse a piece of fabric to the back side to make the tear look joined together. Then I straight stitch back and forth over the tear with matching thread to make it look like fabric again. It is called Darning the tear.you make little blocks of stitching. On my machine I use the darning stitch with a button hole foot.
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From: Chrysantha
Date: 07-11-2004, 01:11 PM (3 of 4)
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you can also embroider on it....... Since the 70's are back again...it's chic ! Chrys
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From: paroper
Date: 07-12-2004, 12:24 AM (4 of 4)
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You are very lucky if the tear is small like that. My daughter and her boyfriend are always bringing me torn blue jeans to patch and the tears can be from seam to seam. If they are large...even if they run under a pocket (you take the effected pocket loose to do this) you can patch them with denim or even a couple layers of good fabric. If you use ordinary fabric, I serge a double thickness together to make a patch. If I use fabric other than denim I let my daughter pick it out of my scrap bag...and it can be quite a contrast because if it is not denim it will show anyway. If I am using a denium I like to get as close to the original color as possible. I often save old jeans or pieces where I have cut them off. I serge the denium edge of the patch to keep it from raveling from underneath the repaired area. I then first sew the patch underneath the damaged area. My machine has a two stitch forward, one back two forward mode. I like to use this when I am using things that will be under stress. I use that to first apply the patch and then I zig zag around the raw edges on top to keep the jeans from raveling or tearing loose from the new patch. I have never had a patch fail. However, if the jeans are torn from wear, they will develop more tears soon.
pam
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