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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.
Current DH wouldn't wear patched jeans. go figure that one. |
Originally Posted by paulswalia
tell him that asking a quilter to patch is like asking Picasso to paint your garage!
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For anyone who NEEDS to:
I keep donor jeans on hand. Kneel-on-able Knees: cut a patch the width of the front pant leg. Patch should start 2-3 inches above knee, and end 3-4 inches below the bottom of the knee. zigzag or serge the edges of the patch. put the patch on the inside of the pant leg. straight stitch sew it to side seams. straight stitch sew across the top and bottom. straight stitch around the hole, about 1" away. zigzag the hole to the patch. Other body parts, ripped jeans behind pockets, worn out thigh area. Same. Patch goes inside. Suggestion for mending your PJ bottom, if they're knit: Use a very soft old t-shirt. |
I will patch DH's but only his! He reminds me that any money we don't have to spend on new jeans could go for fabric. He is so right of course. :D
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I patched 4 pairs of jeans over the summer for a friend. They had BIG holes in them. But she didn't have money for new jeans at that point, and she was losing weight and would need to get smaller jeans within a month or so, and (most importantly) she had basically acted as my research assistant and copied and scanned a bunch of articles I needed for my thesis, so that I didn't have to drive 4 hours to get them myself. So I was willing to patch a few pairs of jeans. ;) And I have all her college T-shirts to make her a memory quilt, but that' a different matter....
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Oh, go ahead and patch them. Hee-hee, just patch them so they'll never ask again. :twisted:
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Originally Posted by katsbmr
Tell him it is kinda like my husband....who restores old cars/trucks and loves every minute of it, but hates it when my father asks him to change the oil in a lawnmower. Put it in their terms, and they will understand.
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I just tell everyone who ask if I can mend something for them that I own a sewing machine not a mending machine, if they buy me a mending machine a will consider teaching them how to mend on it. LOL Works every time no one wants to mend.
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I'm with you. I hate to sew clothes, used to do it alot in my younger years. Don't like to hem, take out (never in) seams.
I'd rather toss them just to get them out of site and go quilt. |
Originally Posted by Crqltr
I understand you completely! I would rather give away a pair of pants rather than hem them ! Give me a king size quilt to sew on anyday!
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