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Aug 30, 2011

How To: Repair Denim Jeans at Home

created at: 08/30/2011

Denim jeans were invented to be the pants of hard work: durable, long lasting, and flexible. And most of a pair of jeans do last that long; has anyone ever had the part covering your shin or calf shread? But denim does tend to wear along stress points: the knees, the cuffs, the crotch, and the inner thigh.

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If you've made a significant investment in a pair that are just worn in these high friction areas, they can be easily repaired at home. Andrew Chen of 3Sixteen and the Self Edge shop shows you how to fix 'em up good as new in this helpful video:

created at: 08/30/2011

   I love that he essentially just recreates the fabric rather than seaming over the hole or using a patch. Genius.

 

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@Aarrgh - Fair, but if I'm ever in the situation, I have every intention of following the suggestions and steps of this video to try to do this at home on my own, non-industrial, sewing machine, and I suspect a lot of other sew-ers would be willing to as well. As Andrew Chen says, you can always just pick out the DIY effort.

Point of order - this video isn't about how to repair denim jeans at home. This video is about how to pay a professional with an industrial sewing machine to repair your denim jeans.

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