General Rules of Putting in a Patch

Until recently we couldn't imagine putting on jeans withThe patches themselves can be made of bright
a patch anywhere except for some hard dirty work.contrast fabric as well. Denim of a different color,
Today the situation has changed: worn and tornflower-dotted fabric, chequered cloth, lace and leather
customized jeans are fashionable. Special research tocan be used for patches on jeans.
find new methods of creating different stages of wornIf you aspire to create your individual style by building
effect is being made. However, sometimes it isoriginal jeans just let your imagination fly and
necessary to put a patch on jeans from practicalaccentuate the torn and cut parts of your jeans.
considerations - to mend and repair them. Here areSometimes it is good just to scrabble in a button box,
some tips on how to put in a patch in a right way.find old imitation jewelry, beads or bright threads.
The classical method of putting in a patch can beNatural or deliberately made holes fixed with a
carried out by hand or using a sewing machine. Thesafety-pin decorated with bright beads or cuts
materials you'll need are quite simple - thread of theembellished with chains, small bells or metallic
same color as the fabric you want to repair. If youdecorative elements can become an unusual highlight
want the patch to be practically invisible you shouldwhich will never leave your jeans unnoticed.
use the thread of the weft or chain for it will betterHere is an idea of jeans embellishment with shaped
merge with the cloth you are going to mend.patches. Take your old torn jeans, pieces of any fabric
Stockage of the worn fabric is made from the outsideyou like, corresponding thread, a needle, sartorial chalk
with a thin thread from the same fabric by lifting withand scissors. Use sharp cuticle scissors to unseam the
small stitches the threads of the weft and with longerside stitches of your jeans near the place you want to
stitches - the threads of the chain.put in a patch. This procedure will make it possible for
Mending of cuts or holes on customized denim isyou to work using a sewing machine.
carried out by adding the threads to the fabric beingAfter you've thought over your patch composition
repaired in staggered order. If needed the thread isdraw it on the trouser leg of your customized or
folded in two. It is important that the fabric you want tocustom jeans using a sartorial chalk. Go back a
repair is well stretched, you can use small embroiderycentimeter from the main pattern lines and mark out
hoop to achieve this.the stitching allowances. Make small vertical cuts on
Putting in a patch is carried out from the outside ofthe stitching allowances.
fabric. To fix it first of all pin it to denim with preensTurn over the stitching allowances inside and sew
and then tack it on the contour. After you've done thisthem. Choose a piece of contrast cloth for the
fix it with thin thread and small stitches in chain andpatches. Put it into the trouser leg so that it closes the
weft direction. It is important to treat the seamy side ofcuts and fix it with pins in order to have an impression
the cloth in order to hide the added part in a betterof how your ready-made patches would look like.
way.Tack and stitch a piece of contrast cloth to denim.
However, last fashion tendencies use patches onStitch the edges of the front part of the patches using
jeans as a means of creating individual personalizeda back-and-fore stitch and contrast thread. If you
style. Thus additional attention is given to damagedmake it by hand, use embroidery floss.
jeans parts decorated with patches. That is whyAnother composition of patches can be situated in the
mending, stitching and fixing of patches is deliberatelybottom of the second trouser leg. Finish all the patch
done with the use of colored contrast thread in orderedges and stitch the unseamed places. That's it!
to make patches more obvious.