Tried mending my own jeans after 3 years of tossing ripped ones

I finally sat down with a needle and thread to fix a hole in my favorite pair of Levi's last weekend, and the darn thing actually held up after a full day of wear! I always figured sewing was too hard or would look terrible, but a 10 minute YouTube video showed me a basic stitch that was way simpler than I thought. Has anyone else had luck patching up their own clothes instead of throwing them away?

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alex3075d ago

Oh man, "tossing ripped ones" hits close to home because I used to do the exact same thing. I finally patched a pair of old Dickies work pants with a random scrap of denim and some basic hand stitching, and they've held up for months now. The YouTube tutorials really are the secret, I had zero clue what I was doing before and now I feel like a total pro. It's honestly kind of addictive once you see that first repair actually work.

veraj532d ago

YouTube tutorials are a lifesaver. Makes you feel like a sewing genius until you stab yourself with the needle for the fifth time.

henderson.oscar5d ago

Three months is nothing, hand stitching always blows out on me eventually.

susanm562d ago

Wait, hold on, three months is nothing? Man, that's wild to me. I've got a pair of jeans I fixed with a patch on the knee that's been holding for like two years now, and I just used some basic cross stitches. Maybe it depends on the thread you're using or how tight your stitches are, because mine are all over the place but they're still there.