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Patch your jeans with a reverse applique. This technique is great for holes that have a large chunk of cloth missing. You can cut any shape and use any color fabric for the patch, so long as it is heavy-weight fabric.
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Examine the damage. Clip any long threads, and remove any debris from the hole.
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Measure the damaged area.
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In our case it looks to be 2" by 2".
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Draw any the shape you'd like your patch to be on a piece of paper. Be sure your design is at least 1/8" larger than the damaged area.
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Cut out your design.
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Lay the cutout of your design over the hole in the jeans to make sure that it is the correct size and looks how you want it to.
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Using a pencil, pen, or tailor's chalk, trace the design onto the jeans.
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Take the scrap of fabric you will use for a patch and insert it into the hole.
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Slide the pant leg with the patch over the arm of the sewing machine.
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Adjust the sewing machine for a zig-zag stitch.
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Set the stitch length to just under 1/2.
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Align the edge of the patch with the center of the pressor foot.
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Be sure that the patch is laying flat.
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Lower the pressor foot.
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Begin sewing the zig-zag stitch, following the edge of the hole so that the zig-zag stitch covers the area where the two fabrics meet.
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Sew all the way around the patch.
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Overlap the stitching at the end with the first two or three stitches.
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Lift the pressor foot and needle.
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Slide the pant leg off of the arm of the sewing machine.
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Clip any threads, and admire your work.
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To keep the pattern from entirely fraying or catching on things, it may also help to flip the pants right-side-out and sew again around the pattern edge with the zigzag or a flat stitch.
worked! i’ve been wearing these torn pants for years. thanks so much!
