Originally Posted by
Feather3
I've replaced the leg fronts many times on my husbands work jeans. He always wore them out, above the knees, carrying heavy engine parts. I take old jeans, that have good back legs, rip out the leg seams & cut off the bad section of the fronts & sew in the back leg fabric. Whala new jeans.......
My goodness, Feather, this is a terrific idea. I've had to patch and repatch knees many times. Will remember this gem of information for the next time.
One mending job I dislike is changing stretched out stitch-down elastics at waistbands.