Denim Repair

[Osmosis Jones]

i love ghetto style. really adds to the jean's character.

[salaami]

thanx for the pub, you're right, 'ghetto' is the new home-made. my recipe is simple: function over form, without being too sloppy. all i really use is some bud, scissors, a hair needle, and thread. i just got a new hole in the crotch, so i'll patch it with some oni vedge denim tonight after i finish this tree-falling job. timber!

[jackers]

cross post sexsc06 thread

Just took some photos of the repairs that SESF did on my jeans.

Photo taken by Kiya before my jeans got repaired.

After the repair by SESF

right pocket

left pocket

back belt loop

side belt loop

yoke

right front pocket

left front pocket

some detail shots of the rivets ripping through again.

[giantsdrink]

I a good part of the day yesterday doing some much needed repairs to my S5000BKs:

I fixed the front pockets (one of which I'd neglected for too long), reinforced the button holes and put on a couple patches of denim from an old pair of Crate James I never wear:

Only thing left that I want / need to do is reinforce the hems which are just thrashed (see below). Any ideas how I should do this?

[sybaritical]

Total rebuild.

Unpick the remains of the chain stitch and perhaps trim the frayed denim away, then line up your denim patch material on the raw hem. Fold it over and restitch the hemline, then stitch the patch in place with some sort of lock stitching ( how is up to your aesthetic ) further up the leg.

[giantsdrink]

Good thinking... I was wondering how I could append a patch around the frayed edge, but hadn't thought to actually sew it into the existing hem.

I think I will totally follow through on that suggestion, a lot.

[meader]

Hawt Dang! It's finally time to repair these got dang blue jeans! Haven't been able to work for a long time now cause I can't work in jus' mah undies! Too cold for that! And I am one heck of a procastrinator so I've been waitin' 'round to die cause food is sparse in these parts o' town, I tell you what! A man can go 30 days without food and 3 without water they say, and I'm about to stretch the part 'bout food hawt dangit so these repairs are 'bout life 'n' death, I tell you what! I began to delete the earlier repairs cause them created on heck'a'mess! Holy hell!

It looks like the Blue Jean Werewolf of Kentucky started to devour on these hawt dang kick ass blue jean indigo dungaree work pants cause these formerly rock solid pants are crazy rugged, torn 'n' worn 'n' beat up pants, I tell you wha'! Musta been one hungry creature lurkin'! Jus' lak me! Whata a coincidence! HERE ARE SOME DEM HOOCHI COOCHI WANG DANG SWEET POONTANG pictures started!

[salaami]

are those WH warrens? damn homie, what happened?

[meader]

are those WH warrens? damn homie, what happened?

That's correct, Warrens it is. Blue jeans did feel a lil' too tight one evening and it made me irritated so I did some stretching, and I was more lithe than the pants.

[Dioxic]

it's a tear on my knee and its getting bigger. Anyways for this type of rip is it better to stitch the patch on top, below, or does it not really matter?

[Jamolos Orm]

That's some brutal tearin', meader. Some damn brutal tearin'.

[jyoni]

I enjoyed reading that post, meader

[wild style]

Knee rip before:

Knee repair after:

Inspired by soonami's repairs, but mine kinda looks weird, iunno. Wasn't sure how else to repair the knee, couldn't get the sewing machine in there to repair how I normally would, so had to go with the patch. Maybe it'll look better once it wears in a bit?

[morse9443]

Went ahead and bought one of these...

and did this to my 710's

Maybe not denim doctor quality, but this is the first time I've ever used a sewing machine. I will master this shit.

I bought the machine new for $65. Far as I'm concerned, screw paying denim doctor $40-50 per pair when your can DIY for cheaper, no shipping, and you can make big/small repairs any time.

[soonami]

Inspired by wild style, here are the OG 660s:

Lap of the 660s, one outside patch, one inside on the left knee, one inside on left thigh, inside both side of the crotch and a few small holes:

Left Knee:

Newest Repair, patch on shredded coin pocket:

[wild style]

yours looks so cool. mine look like some little kid jawnz. gonna prolly redo it with a smaller patch and grey thread.

[Guest Selvage Seb.]

This is how you repair a hole!

lgT2PQoLpNI

[sybaritical]

Respectfully, I disagree.

No reason to cut the chain stitch and open them up like up like that. Just making more work for yourself.

[morse9443]

she just popped open the chain stitch like it was no big thing.

that SHIT IS A BIG DEAL for real. no need to do dat.

[Snake]

Very nice repair Mores9442. What did you use for your patch?

[Guest Selvage Seb.]

she just popped open the chain stitch like it was no big thing.

that SHIT IS A BIG DEAL for real. no need to do dat.

First, It is a HE,

It is a lot more work indeed, but you have to admit the end result looks great

I think he just wanted to show how you can repair a hole like this..

More in an experimental way

[morse9443]

Very nice repair Mores9442. What did you use for your patch?

Corter sells his goods in these little cotton bags - used a few pieces from one of those. Didn't want to use denim for a non-visible repair. Just thought it would make the repair area more bulky than it need be.

[erk]

LVC 1947 repairs

denim arsenal : samurai from gordon and cone black seed from victor at Raleigh denim.

[meader]

Gotta love'm rugged 'n' crazy repairs. Jus' wild.

[erk]

Gotta love'm rugged 'n' crazy repairs. Jus' wild.

i figured it was the best for the inseam. it was totally trashed. the back pocket outside patch was just too far down and i figured it'd be easier if i just left the patch on the outside.

[soonami]

Before and after coin pocket repair where I keep my phone

[beatle]

sweet*****

[superbeveridge]

Very nicely done.

[connor]

how do you do such a nice job with something as hard to reach as that?

and where does everyone get repair denim?

[erk]

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