Sewing

 Mending Jeans

My husband's work jeans are getting a bit worn and he's not into the distressed jeans look.  I find mending jeans too difficult with my sewing machine because it doesn't like bulky seams.  

The last time I mended jeans for him I tried needle felting over the worn areas but it wasn't very successful.  They looked okay until they were washed, the amount of washing the jeans required meant the felted wool shrank considerably more and ended up a tight bobble on his jeans.

This time I decided to try mending in the Japanese style.  I was doing some research on boro and sashiko stitching a while ago and got side-tracked when I came across this artist on youtube.  I love his work.

Anyway, I didn't quite follow the style of boro and it is not very neat as it was all done by eye but the mends have ended up looking alright and I think they will last longer and look better.

Inside

First pair result

I started by attaching iron on interfacing on the wrong side, then stitched in thick cotton 

around and over the worn areas.

The second pair had a larger worn area so once again I stitched around the outside and filled in with more stitching over the whole area.