Professional darning of jeans

Sometimes your favorite jeans get torn in the most unexpected places. I especially feel sorry for expensive branded jeans, which, it would seem, will not be demolished... And you won’t even raise your hand to throw them away, and you can no longer wear them like that. Sad pictures with awkward patches – wedges from grandma’s times – come into my head... Plans to alter my son’s jeans, take him to the country... and still it’s a pity...
Fortunately, everything can be fixed if you have any sewing machine and you have minimal skills in operating it.

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One of the conditions for success is to choose the right threads. Threads are suitable for regular polyester No. 40. The choice in sewing accessories stores is very large. For example, “Ideal” or “Dor tak”. We'll select it like this. Let's choose a suitable color, wind a little bit of thread on your finger, and apply this “winding” to the fabric. The two colors should be almost the same, then the darning will be almost invisible.

mending jeans at home


We will also need adhesive fabric. It is sold in fabric stores and is quite inexpensive. Comes in white and black.
Now turn the jeans inside out. We cut out pieces of adhesive fabric and apply them to the places where we will do the darning.

mending jeans at home


We glue our blanks. This will make the darning process easier.The iron must be hot enough. The side with glue is rougher to the touch. Place the patch with the adhesive side on the jeans and slowly iron the pieces, pressing them well. Wait a minute, let it cool and set well.

mending jeans at home

mending jeans at home


Darning can be done on any household machine using reverse (reverse motion); even the oldest sewing machines have this function. Set the stitch length regulator to 2.8 -3.0 mm.

mending jeans at home


We darn slowly at first. Let’s “block” the impulse with a wide zigzag, similar to a cardiogram, moving the line forward and backward. The edges of our “cardiogram” should not be smooth, then the darning will be less noticeable and more natural.

mending jeans at home


Now we darn very carefully the place of the gust itself and the neighboring areas. If it is inconvenient to darn with large lines, work with small sections, connecting them with smooth transitions. If white threads are knocked out between the lines, point the needle directly at them until they are noticeable. By the way, if the gust is large and there are a lot of threads sticking out, you can trim off the excess, but do not cut off all the threads until there is a complete hole; it is better to leave the base. Although restoration is possible even with the complete absence of threads, it is a little more difficult.

mending jeans at home


IMPORTANT: the darning will look more natural if you sew in the direction of the pattern, and not in the direction of the hem of the fabric!

mending jeans at home


Sew carefully, in parallel, without rushing. The result will please you. The skill will gradually appear, and the process will take you no more than 15 minutes. Once the darning is done, turn the jeans inside out and trim off any excess glue.

mending jeans at home


After the job is completed, the jeans should be steamed using water and cloth. Your diligence will be rewarded. Jeans will last you a long time.It’s especially nice when your family looks at the completed work for a long time and cannot immediately find the darning)

mending jeans at home
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Comments (7)
  1. Thieves cherry
    #1 Thieves cherry Guests March 12, 2015 01:55
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    Thank you!!!
  2. Marina
    #2 Marina Guests January 19, 2016 09:40
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    Thank you! I wonder how to mend knees as discreetly as possible?)
  3. Guest Julia
    #3 Guest Julia Guests 5 July 2017 23:02
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    From my experience I noticed that a small stitch, up to 2mm, looks more invisible
    Thank you
  4. katrin1755
    #4 katrin1755 Guests August 8, 2017 09:02
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    Thank you!!! This is actually a working life hack. Besides the fact that I revived my jeans and my husband’s jeans in this way, I also showed this darning technique to many of my friends, for which they are also immensely grateful)
  5. Guest Victor
    #5 Guest Victor Guests 13 December 2018 21:26
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    I do it like you, but without patches / no need to wear it until there are holes / Thin polyester threads in color, stitch 1.5 mm and we went back and forth. The bottom thread is light, the top thread is dark and worn. To see the place of the thing, you need to strain your eyes or wear glasses. I mostly have Japanese jeans, very thick 19 - 21 oz. If they are repaired in time, they will last for a decade. Jeans are truly becoming a “favorite second skin.” My machine is a Janome 7518. Even a child can sew on it, if they so desire.
  6. Freezing
    #6 Freezing Guests 26 April 2019 18:07
    1
    Isn’t it destined to buy new ones?
    1. Weird question.
      #7 Weird question. Guests December 27, 2019 11:17
      1
      There are favorite things. And I can only buy normal jeans for myself abroad, but I don’t have anything to go there yet ((