Fixed!
A little inner thigh patching too:
The bigger picture…
Making the left knee patch a little baggy was an experiment that I am still not sure about.
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Nice job! Knees are hard. I have thought about using fleece for knees and elbows or maybe some knit fabric, but haven’t tried yet. I think I like the little bit of bagginess better.
The sun embroidery is my favorite so far!
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Woo, these patched jeans look amazing! I love this look.
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Jeans as artwork. Awesome.
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Thank you! Thank you! I keep meaning to post the whole collection but that just isn’t happening soon. Eventually, though.
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Daughter and I are in the US in Disney Orlando. I like to travel very light. Hate schlepping a load of clothes and shoes that I don’t use. And I’m always happy to wash small items in the hotel sink.
For ten days, 2 bicycle shorts, two knee length pairs of pants and one long pair. Coming back yesterday I noticed my linen knee length ones had worn a big hole in the crotch -i should have checked them before I left!! Obviously I don’t have any sewing stuff with me, or a scissors.
But nothing ventured nothing gained. Two mini hotel sewing kits later, and cutting the inside of a pocket out at the reception(I wasn’t allowed take away their scissors) I think I did well!! My teeth won’t let me bite thread either, so fortunately the kits were preloaded with sewing lengths of fabric.
Improv sashiko
Front
Back-actually doesn’t look too bad at all!
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Awesome mend on the fly!
I am going to have to remember to put together a travel sewing kit…I always have scissors, but not needles and thread!
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It looks pretty good @Edel , I hope the repair lasts at least until you’re home again.
I usually take a small embroidery or cross stitch project to keep busy, so in a pinch I could use embroidery thread and needle. But making a small travel kit is still a clever idea, so you can include your favourite type of needle and thread in colours you wear.
We usually also travel light and don’t stay in one place, so halfway we try to book a place that has a washing machine.
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I forgot to take a pic before I put these on today but I just finished this enormous patch on the butt of these jeans. So, awkward butt shots…
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When I was a kid I was patching $5 thrift store jeans. Now I have $40-90 jeans I am determined to keep long enough to feel ok about how much they cost me.
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OMG, two more rips today… 
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Noooo!!! 
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I just shared in another thread, but @AntBee mentioned that this one exists here!
I’m currently trying to embroider/darn/sashiko-ish stitch a pair of old belived jeans. I’m mostly just using fluorescent embroidery thread right now. We’ll see how well they hold up when they’re done!
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Wish me luck! Some of the stitches are barely hanging on so I’ll have to use sewing thread as a guide I think.
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Some of you may know about the Antique Pattern Library. Volunteers donate, scan, and post publications–mostly in the public domain–with all kinds of patterns including crochet, knitting, tatting, embroidery, etc. They have a large number of Workbasket magazines in their collection and are adding more all the time. They recently posted a Workbasket from 1950 that shows how to do an invisible mend on woven woolen fabrics. I thought this might be of interest. The link below leads to the first page of the article. To navigate from there, go to the bottom of the page and click next.
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That’s such a cool way to mend woven fabric!
I have used several methods of darning socks. And those well worn heel holes are hard. Thin, whispy threads surounding a hole.
I have tried the method that mimics knitting, used a standard woven pattern, and we don’t need to look at the ones that look like a tangled spaghetti mend.
I have decided that woven is the fastest and as long as no one ever sees the mend and I can wear them for a few more months, I am happy.
The best way is to notice the worn spot before it becomes a big hole. But thats not how I navigatr life.
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I went for a method where you make a couple long ”stitches” as a guide, and then sew the yarn around them to give stability to the duplicate stitches, even where there’s nothing left to stitch over.
I stitched over the healthy stitches around the worn patch too, in order to secure the edges. It turned out well!
I removed the sewing thread once I was done.
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I’ve seen this demonstrated on the interwebs, and I’m still mystified as to how to do it. I can duplicate stitch, but I’m still having confusion. Well done on the repair!
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My husband’s store bought socks are a big challenge to mend. The yarn used in those commercially made ones is so thin. I end up just trying to do a weave of sorts, but it just ends up looking like the spaghetti bowl you mentioned.
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