Denim Repair

[AlientoyWorkmachine]

^ that's a beautiful pair of frankenpants 

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Well done repair art!!!!

[rbeck]

Not jeans, but my girlfriend asked me to fix some of her grocery bags and a t-shirt. 

I don't know if the bags will hold, but it was worth a shot. Only time will tell. As for the shirt, she's gonna have to live with the purple since I didn't feel like threading any white thread onto my serger lol.

[julian-wolf]

Leg of @shredwin_206’s S601xx

Patch is leftover from a roll end I bought a long time ago @ the local discount fabric place, feels identical to the standard rigid Wrangler denim

 

 

 

[julian-wolf]

& the back pocket, patched + lined with some old plain weave raw hemp (also added backing to the main leg panel where it was starting to wear through)

Forgot to take a final photo from the outside…stay tuned for when the rest is done, I guess

 

 

 

[julian-wolf]

Big patches on the seat + crotch, plus some shots of the finished product

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Duke Mantee]

Brilliant work - they’ll soon be the Trigger’s Broom of the denim world

[rbeck]

Some before and after shots of some more bag repairs for my girlfriend. She's in a wheelchair so she hangs them off the back and they get caught on things regularly. Since it's a power chair she sometimes doesn't realize a bag is caught till it's torn. 

The leather bag was super quick, just popped a couple rivets. Had to add a third to reposition an interior pocket since it was too many layers for the rivets I had on hand. 

The green canvas one has leather straps which had torn at three places. I had to be careful while sewing the straps back in place to make sure the needle went into the pre-poked holes. Added a box stitch too for added security, and popped in some more rivets to complete the look. Hopefully if I have to stitch this one back up again it's the fourth strap end that wasn't already torn that fails.

The black canvas one had a huge tear which I darned. Had to unpick the stitches holding the strap down to be able to darn underneath, then sewed the strap back. 

Edited September 4 by rbeck

[rbeck]

Another one today. My buddy blew out the buttonhole on a pair of vintage 501s. I don't usually fix shit for people unless they're family/partner and/or it's simple or seems fun. This one seemed fun so I took him up on it. 

I decided the best solution was to cut off that section of waistband and sew on an extension in its place. Had to unpick a belt loop too so I re-bartacked it. I'm pleased with the results!

 

[rbeck]

Quick patch on my mountain biking shorts. Realized I wore a hole between the saddle and my sit bones. Quick patch with some ripstop scrap. Took all of like 10 minutes. 

Caught it just in time because my brother and I are leaving in the morning for a race and I wouldn't be able to patch em at the campsite.