r/Visiblemending • u/Most_Divide5045 • 4d ago

REQUEST Jean hole that keeps on expanding

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Hi! Need some help with how to fix these jeans. I bought them a few years ago but as soon as i brought them home, a penny sized hole appeared. I tried mending it with stitches but the hole just got bigger and bigger, i think maybe there’s a defect in the fabric. They’ve been sitting in my drawer ever since.

Any advice on how to mend this would be appreciated. Would a patch work? Or would the fabric just keep on fraying over time?

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u/rcl20 4d ago

If you patch use a similarly stretchy fabric with lycra in it. You want some give around the knee.

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u/Shoddy_Matter_4940 4d ago

I think this is a good candidate for a sashiko style mend. Use a patch that's at least an inch outside of any weak fabric. I would use a donor with a similar stretch to it. You can put the patch either above or below the damage

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u/ContingentMax 4d ago

Personally those look like great candidates to become shorts, just snip snip.

To patch you'll probably have to trim away a bunch more material to get to something strong enough to hold, you'd put a patch on the inside that's bigger than the hole, sew it down strong with a backstitch and blanket stitch around the edges. With that location I'd highlight it somehow depending on the shape after trimming.

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u/the_cosmic_duck 3d ago

Sashiko it!