My grandkids do not like the patch on the jeans. What I do is cut denim a bit bigger then the size of the hole, glue it with glue stick on the underside of the hole and then turn the jeans and straight stitch back and forth over the patch to hold it to the jeans. I learned this from looking at how some of the jeans with holes already in them and then patched at the factory. That was the style. They look ok and the kids like them much better. The patched up hole just looks in style. They say that they feel better on their skin as well. I hope I have explained it so you can understand.