Sewing, Repairing and Reducing Waste

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A place to share ideas, knowledge and creations with textiles. The focus is on reducing waste, whether that be sewing from the scraps left from other projects, using the end of rolls and remnants, or repairing and remaking finished pieces.

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Patching holes in jeans can prolong their life (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by BrightFadedDog to c/sewingrepairing

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I often find holes wear in my jeans between the legs, so I patch them with fabric on the inside and lots of rows of zig-zag sewing.

It's not a very visible spot so it does not have to be perfect, but it definitely increases the useable life of the jeans considerably.

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[–] PCChipsM922U 4 points 2 years ago

Damn, I never thought I'd stumble upon a community about sewing, lol 😂.

That being said, good patchwork 👍. Would reduce the needle punch distance, but it's not a big problem, this works as well 😊.

I patch my trousers all the time, cuz I have a specific style of trousers I like and they don't make them any more, so I usually pay someone to sew them. I did sew them myself years ago, but it's way too time consuming, don't have the time to do it now.