In this tutorial I’ll show you how I mended an old ripped jeans in the crotch area.
How To Mend Your Jeans – In The Crotch Area!
You’ll need:
- ripped jeans
- old, thin denim fabric (old jeans)
- scissors
- sewing thread
- sewing machine
The Thread
For the mend you can either use brown thread or blue thread. Brown thread is often used for jeans seams. But blue thread helps to make the mend less noticeable.
The Patch
Cut off a patch from an old jeans: It’s best to use thin denim fabric (without holes) so that the patched area won’t be too bulky.
Mend The Jeans
Pin the patch in place behind the ripped area. Now sew back and forth across the rip with straight stitches. Continue to sew back and forth in a zig zag pattern. You can leave the mend like that or …
… turn the jeans 90 degrees and sew back and forth across the first stitches.
Now turn the jeans inside out and cut off the excess fabric close to the stitching.
After mending the jeans, I refashioned it into capri pants.
Related: Jeans To Capri – Refashion
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This is very clever! I will definitely do this for our jeans! Thank you for sharing on the Inspirational Monday Party! 🙂
Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
This is such a practical post. I love it. Jeans are so hard to mend because of the bulkiness and of course the first place to wear out on work jeans.
I think using worn jeans is a brilliant idea. Pinning.
Thanks for pinning! 🙂
Unfortunately, my ancient sewing machine does not do zig-zag! But I can take my jeans over to a friend’s house and do this. Thanks for the tip.
You don’t need a sewing machine which can do zig-zag stitches! 🙂 I attached the patch with straight stitches – going back and forth in a zig zag pattern. I also used my old treadle sewing machine. 😉
Thanks
You’re welcome! 🙂
Do the old jeans have to be the same color denim as the ripped jeans you are repeating?
No, they don’t have to be the same color: you can use a lighter or darker color. 🙂
Did this by hand today. I also glued the patch because I hoped it’d give it extra strength.
Thank you! Glad you found it helpful!
I’m going to try this with some of my mom’s leftover quilting fabric bc I feel like the denim scrap I have would be to bulky in the seat
Yes, other fabrics work just as well. It doesn’t have to be denim. 🙂
Thanks for this post. The photos helped me to visualize, and the explanation is very clear. I have a huge hole to repair, and a machine that only sews straight lines, so this is very helpful!
Thank you! 😀 Glad you found it helpful!
Been looking for something like this for a long time!
Question though – what about for pants that aren’t jeans, but still have a wearing out of the crotch area? In this case the fabrics is very thin and I’d like to hide the tears in addition to reinforcing them.
For other types of pants, I’d use a similar type of fabric to the pants fabric or a thin but strong cotton fabric like batiste. Hope this helps! 😀