Originally Posted by jlm5419
Originally Posted by hmay60
He came home last night as I was cutting up some of his old jeans. He said, are you sure those aren't any good. Well he is the one who quit wearing them. I said yes, they have holes in them. He says you can make quilts, but you can't patch holes. I explained that I quilt for fun, it is my hobby. It doesn't mean I want to spend my time patching holes. Now, I have patched some in the past, and it's not always easy to patch knee holes and pocket holes, and now we can afford to buy him new jeans, when he needs them. He also told me once, that one of the guys he worked with, wanted to know if I would patch some of his jeans, umm no. I work everyday and just don't want to patch clothes. I will sew up some things for the grandkids though, they are special. So anyone else not like to patch clothes.
Nowadays, many people won't wear patched clothes, period. Years ago, when DH#1 was working as a welder, I frequently had to patch the burned out holes, after my MIL explained how it was done with a straight-stitch only machine.
Current DH wouldn't wear patched jeans.
Around here they sell them made with patchs and holes.
go figure that one.