Denim Repair

[ATWM]

^ 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, 2024 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. 

[youngofthesoonest]

My kid keeps destroying pants. I’ll have to sew in double knees at some point. Some 80s Levi’s with some serious leg twist, nippers that prob shouldn’t be worn much anymore, wranglers and some modern carhartt that didn’t hold up nearly as well as the other pants. I used some flat head and roy denim scraps as well as some canvas and flannel fabric swatches from Seuvas. 
 

Edited November 16, 2024 by youngofthesoonest

[shredwin_206]

@youngofthesoonest I’ve been eyeing the hardenco jeans program for my kids. Where as they grow out of a size you send them back and get the next size up. All are pre worn and handed down. But love anything that supports keeping garments alive over fast fashion 

[Georg]

@youngofthesoonest Beautiful work. Is that just sewn on with the thread you can see from the outside? or is it also attached somehow on the inside?

[youngofthesoonest]

8 hours ago, Georg said:

@youngofthesoonest Beautiful work. Is that just sewn on with the thread you can see from the outside? or is it also attached somehow on the inside?

Yeah for the most part. I first sew the edges of the hole to clean it up without the patch and then i do another pass to sew the patch on around the hole. Then i just finish it up with a design to sew down the rest of it. I’m working on cleaning up the backside but generally this is enough to have the repair stay on with repeated wear and wash 

 

Edited December 25, 2024 by youngofthesoonest

[Georg]

@youngofthesoonestThis looks great. Thank you so much for the additional photos.

[rbeck]

About 10 months in homemade jeans and they finally required some crotch repairs which is pretty much par for the course for my thighs. One thing I like about black jeans is how subtle repairs tend to be in comparison to indigo. Not that I don't like visible repairs in my indigo jeans, just a nice change of pace to keep things more work appropriate as they break down.

[Mr Black]

Hi all,

For those that don't know me, I spent the last 3.5 years or so working at Son of a Stag/Soldier blue in London, UK.

If any of you had any repairs done by them during that period, it's very likely to have done by me.

I've now left SoaS and have moved down to the Kent coast where I'm going to spend more time making bags and leather accessories (wallets, keyrings & the like)

I'm also set up to take on jeans repairs. So, if any of you want anything done, please do get In touch. Will be very happy to give you a price.

Below are a couple of before and afters I did.

Sadly l can't justify the cost of a chain stitcher so I unable to offer shortening. 

Apologies for the blatant promotional post 🙂

Martin

 

[Maynard Friedman]

Those repairs look great Martin, I’ve just had a few repairs done at my usual tailor but next time I’ll be in touch.

[Mr Black]

4 minutes ago, Maynard Friedman said:

Those repairs look great Martin, I’ve just had a few repairs done at my usual tailor but next time I’ll be in touch.

Please do. I genuinely enjoy doing them.

[rbeck]

Those look great @Mr Black! Certainly better than I'll ever do. What machine are you using?

Edited January 22 by rbeck

[julian-wolf]

Took the waist in a couple of inches on an old pair of Gustin jeans that my partner was interested in commandeering

Quick & dirty job but the result’s close enough to perfect

[TripicalMidbooster]

after four months of working on and off I finally finished patching the elbow of this waxed drkshdw overshirt

[rockon99]

Today I tragically (1) got bit by the chainring of my job’s e-cargo bike. I hadn’t realized my double-cuff had come undone and it happened so fast! 

I’m fishing for some inspiration on a suitable repair for this lil hole. Not a lot of material is missing; it’s mostly a rip, but it falls right amidst the fold where I cuff sometimes. 

I am not great with a sewing machine, but can hand stitch fine. I’m also planning to page back through this thread but wanted to fire this question off while it was on my mind. Pants are Warehouse 1001.

Edited Friday at 08:39 AM by rockon99

[Double 0 Soul]

@Mr Black did some repairs for me recently.. i was really happy with his service.

I always patch / darn my own jeans by hand but i'm never 100% happy with the results so when these FW-47s blew out in the crotch around a decade ago.. i put them on ice until i found an alternative to my shitty patch n' darn...

This is much better!

This M11026 needed the box stitching replacing over the pleats.. sadly neither of us had the forethought to photograph the 'before'

.. i suspect that whoever bought this back in the 90s, it didn't fit so they unpicked the box stitching, it still didn't work so they put it into storage for 30yrs.. but before they listed it on Marcari, they stitched back over the pleats..

I quite liked their wonky, asymmetrical box stitch but what i didn't like was their choice of thread, although it was a good colour match to the 2 shades of copper thread used to construct the jacket.. the thickness / guage was too thin.. Mr B posted me some samples of what he had in stock, the colour match was good but the thickness still wasn't quite right.. after some weeks of searching, he eventually managed to source the correct thickness and colour  of thread

Sample thread above, existing, below

..finished result

Thanks Martin!

..and here are a couple of my recent repairs..

I've hand darned a small hole in this 75yr old Champion sweatshirt

Its just above the hip so out of sight

I've sewed the arse seem of these CSF

.. and darned a few small blowouts here and there

.. i'm getting better lads

Edited Sunday at 08:48 PM by Double 0 Soul

[swiss-jeansfreak]

Really impressing repair work dude!!!

[shredwin_206]

@Double 0 Soul would love to see more photos of those old school FW 1947s! 

[Double 0 Soul]

There are some more photos here Edwin

..they've only been worn a couple of times since then^ so not much has changed other than summer lighting, a different camera and oxidation of the rivets

[shredwin_206]

@Double 0 Soul yea the oxidized rivets caught my eyes in the recent photo. Also hard to tell did your hidden rivets pop through ? 

[Double 0 Soul]

6 hours ago, shredwin_206 said:

@Double 0 Soul yea the oxidized rivets caught my eyes in the recent photo. Also hard to tell did your hidden rivets pop through ? 

If you part the frayed denim fibres with your fingers then yes..

Copper rivets started life like this..

Here is a pair of vintage Levis i saved with the same button backs

..and another pair with an extreme example of the rust proofing which FWs were trying to emulate.. 

..alas, they went a bit OTT and it looked more like enamel 

.. after the first wash, the hidden rivets turned pink.. i think it was a reaction with the washing detergent

.. a few more months of grime build up

..starting to oxidise before i put them into storage

..and after a decade in storage