non-quilting advice, please
 

I have a bit of mending to do on several of Micheal and Dawnette's pants. She likes to wear those stretch legging type pants, they look like denim but stretch like polyester pants.

Issue is patching them, like on the knees. What should I use? I plan on going to Joann's tomorrow to look for ideas. Some spots just need the seam reinforced. For that I have a stretch stitch on my machine for things like that.

I have never tried to patch stretchy type fabric. I'd guess you'd have to find similar stretchy fabric to patch or the patches would pull out.

I read that on a website I found this afternoon. I do have some blue jeans made with that stretchy stuff woven in. I box of old jeans for patching my husband's Levi's I will go through the box and see if I have any of my old jeans in there. But I may have to buy some gray and some black knitted fabric for her other leggings.

Thanks for the advice and idea.

I would try to match the stretchiness of whatever I wanted to patch or reinforce.

I use small applique pieces for the grandkids' knee holes. They don't stretch as much but that doesn't seem to matter and the kids love their 'fancied up' leggings.

If they are stretchy, you can use the fusible knit interfacing (it comes in black and white). If it is a rip or just reinforcing, then just use a large piece on the inside. If it a hole, you will need to get a bit more creative if you don't want the white or black to show through. Several of us at work use the black fusible knit on the inside of our work pants. We make sort of a 'saddle' over the inside leg/crotch to solve that thinning chaffed area. Make it large enough so that you can run a stitch along the edge at the leg seams. This doubles the life of the work pants. You can also use this on t-shirts that get that tiny hole. It usually can't be sewn around because it will show, but it will withstand many washes and the knit is soft on the skin. I have started to use it when repairing the knees of the kid's jeans because it is so much softer on their skin than the twill or denim patches.

Thanks for the advice on the interfacing.

Thank you all for the advice and suggestions.

Does she like the holey jeans popular now? I've seen them in the stretch leggings also.