May 16, 2012

Bang, bang, bang...

That was the noise my sewing machine was making last night while repairing jeans.  After spotting this and this on Pinterest, it seemed the coolest way of mending the knee hole in Luke's favourite pair,

 
but given how much fluff there must be inside my machine, a hazard of sewing mainly with felted wool I guess, I think a service may well be in order.

8 comments:

Dawn Ruth said...

Very amusing and clever http://dawntheconstantcrafter.blogspot.co.uk/

Jessica said...

But how?

I would love to repair some of my holey jeans but how do you sew around the hole at the knee when it is a continuous loop of fabric?

Baffled!

Anonymous said...

Love that!!! Will definitely "file it away" for the next mishap situation!

Swirlyarts said...

Looks fabulous :) Better than a boring patch any day!

Lucykate Crafts... said...

jessica, the jeans are age 6 in size, so the leg isn't huge. i rolled it up from the bottom to the knee area, took the extension table off my machine so i could fit the leg over the smaller working area. then i realised if i stitched with the normal presser foot, it wouldn't work as i couldn't actually turn the leg, so i dropped the feed dog and free machined it instead as i could work around the hole by going forwards and then backwards. hope that makes sense!

amy

Quietly Otaku said...

lol very cute! a very neat idea : D

money8869 said...

Very creative. I'm sure kids would be interested with this jeans.
dribbling the ball

Jessica Wise said...

This is a brilliant idea.. and looks sweet.. it is they type of face you would see on those amigurumi crochets.. (excuse bad spelling!) x