Denim Repair

[siq tribal brah]

Good Society's ripped on the only part i didn't reinforce but my sewing machine is at my parents house, womp womp. I suck at sewing by hand so i really hope these hold, but I wouldn't mind picking up a new pair.

[shinobi2000]

Please advise on patching vs threading in....New Yorkers especially -- Has anyone heard of Denim Therapy? (http://denimtherapy.com)

It appears that they are New York based (according to yelp.com) but that they prefer doing their business via mail. I bring them up because their claim to fame is that they don't use patches. Here are some pics of my problem. I have started developing holes in my Diors and my Jil Sander Japanese Selvage pair. I don't like to wait until the holes rip open, I like to mend right away. I have repaired my RRLs and my Julian Reds. The RRLs, I got done by a talented girl at 45rpm back before they stopped repairing non-45rpm jeans. She used the nonpatch technique. The Julian Reds I got done by Ramon's Tailor when 45rpm stopped repairing other brands. They used the patch technique. My questions are -- Any particular argument for one technique or the other? Has anyone tried Denim Therapy?

Here are my Diors and a close up of the small hole:

and now my Jil Sanders and its hole:

next post are my previous repairs

[shinobi2000]

now examples of my previous repairs:

the RRLs which were "threaded" ---

the Julian Reds which were patched --

any preference you guys? I think the threaded technique is much cooler. The patch in my Julians are a nuisance. It rubs up against my skin and is very irritating. I prefer the non patch technique but I don't know enough about Denim Therapy's services. Anyone who has tried them, please let me know if you liked their work.

[klue]

The patch in my Julians are a nuisance. It rubs up against my skin and is very irritating.

you can trim the fabric back so that it isn't so floppy.

[poly800rock]

HTC repair in LA

after like 2.5 years on these guys, I finally needed a crotch repair and decided to get the back pocket fixed as well.

close up of the repair on the back pocket

before

outside crotch repair

inside

PRPS's back pocket and zippo pocket

fixed the zippo pocket

this is what it looked like before

[Jackboot]

No sewing machine available so I had to do them by hand...so they are a bit messy and not as high quality as I would have liked. I have some more minor repairs to do but these were the major ones I wanted to get done before washing.

Small hole starting in da butt

Fixed with the method shown at the beginning of this thread

Frayed back pocket from wallet/keys

Fixed with some subtle selvage

Pocket bag was ripping at the seam so I totally unstitched it before reinforcing it

This is the piece of cotton that I used to reinforce with. It was a wash tag that was sewn into the pair of good society denim that I sacrificed

All sewn in

[Lendo]

Both pocket bags on my LVC 47's are trashed, here's the outside of the repair on the left pocket (the inside is considerably less good looking )

Pretty much just pulled up the lower torn portion and re-sewed, this is my first denim repair.

I used the thread from the scrapped hem on my wh x big 660's after i'd sent them to big to have them taken up on the inseam.

[cinnapox]

Those repairs are so good.

[cinnapox]

Sorry guys new here but will sagging your jeans a little bit delay the crotch wear down? I'm not talking about half way down my butt, like a tad bit so its not like hugging my ass.

[CBK]

saggin actually leads to earlier crotch blow out because the farther they r from ur crotch the more stress is gonna b put on them, unless they around ur ankles then u got some other problems

[moykky]

^^ And how tight / loose your jeans are.

[stapleclip01]

sorry for the cellphone pic. there's stress on the stitching on the left where the buttons are. they're snug but not overly tight. prolly uneven stretching or something. havent seen anyone else with this problem and i dont know how to treat it. wat2do?

[grouse_allergy]

Sorry guys new here but will sagging your jeans a little bit delay the crotch wear down? I'm not talking about half way down my butt, like a tad bit so its not like hugging my ass.

CBK is right for the most part, I believe, but it also depends on how tight the jeans are, as moykky said. If the jeans are too tight when pulled fully up they will have quite a bit of stress put on them that way as well. I think it also depends on how you move in them when they're sagged. If you take broad steps and take 2 or more steps at a time on the stairs, they will be stressed out in the crotch quite a bit.

[poly800rock]

denim doctors repairs

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[Guest jbone45]

denim doctors repairs

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You got what you paid for, man. Those are some nice repairs.

[Kregg]

^^ No wonder you're rep's so high. You're magical.

[beatle]

really great work, tg

[j.AlexY]

What is the best way to prevent this type of blowout?

When I look at these spots from the inside I can see the material start to become all distorted. What do I tell a tailor if I want this fixed by a professional or what could I do?

EDIT: when you say reinforce do you mean just sew another layer of material underneath it?

[epitaph220]

reinforce it. simple as that

[felinusz]

Small repair job on my Imperial Kings.

This little spot was completely devoid of warp threads, was full of frayed bits and fuzz, and was thinning in the region around the forming hole.

I tried to make the repair as close to invisible as possible on the outside, by using black thread and making all of my stitches with the weave of the denim.

There are loads of stitches all over what fabric is left of the forming hole and also all over the first quarter inch or so of intact denim around the forming hole, but you cannot see them. Which I suppose is a measure of success. I also secured the patch with little stitches around its perimeter, but by snaking the exterior stitching along with the weave and by leaving it a little loose so as to avoid an externally visible tension on the fabric, it is not noticeable.

[andrewisdope]

repairs beautifully done to the crotch area of my sexfh05 by denim doctors.

the hour bus ride was definitely worth it.

[cure]

repairs beautifully done to the crotch area of my sexfh05 by denim doctors.

the hour bus ride was definitely worth it.

how long was the wait to pick them up? always wanted to go there for repairs, but was too lazy.

[poly800rock]

how long was the wait to pick them up? always wanted to go there for repairs, but was too lazy.

it takes like 7-9 days as they say, but usually 10-14 days

[andrewisdope]

amazingly,

i dropped my jeans off on saturday, and picked them up on wednsday.

so about 4 days?

[Ark Sakura]

I removed the leather patch on my 1 month old flat head bsp and ineptly managed to remove part of a real seam. How should I repair this? Should I leave it? Should I take it to self edge to run a chainstitch over it - or is there something I can do by hand to prevent the threads from coming out more?

LAME, I know!

[jpsmith98]

or you could just leave it since it's not really a functional stitch

[doctorgnar]

Anyone have a recommendation for a good denim repair in NYC now that 45rpm isn't doing any? Searched and I didn't come up with anything.

[Ark Sakura]

or you could just leave it since it's not really a functional stitch

Sorry I'm so ignorant when it comes to sewing, but how should this be repaired? I understand it's not a chain stitch, so any tailor/seamstress could go over it with a machine, but what can they do to keep the broken thread from opening up more? Just curious.

Thanks

PS, anyone know a good repair person in San Francisco for this?

[siq tribal brah]

seriously just find someone with a sewing machine and have them go over it once if you're that worried about it. i'd personally just leave it though, it's part of the wearing of the denim man.

[doctorgnar]

Ok, denim repair question for experts -

I have a pair of zip fly jeans that are made from unsanforized denim. After a couple soaks in warm water the zipper has buckled, as I knew it would, and now forms a wave, rather than a perfectly straight line. This I find incredibly irritating. I really want to get the zipper back to it's original form, although I realize that this is impossible. My assumption is that the fabric the zipper is stitched to shrunk, and that is what caused the buckling. So, my question is: is it possible to replace the zipper with another nice vintage Talon zip that I find and will this solve my problem? Or would the zipper sort of buckle like that over time with wear regardless? Or is it actually the fabric that is forming the wave, not the zipper itself, so replacing the zipper would not make any difference?

Can anyone help me out here?