To patch my crotch?

DangerQuakeRhinoSnake · 2024-03-11T11:43:42+00:00

Slightly embarrassing but I've rubbed a hole in my jeans between my legs (two pairs!!) 😩 Do people patch this area or is it just time to throw them out?

DyslexicPoster · 17/03/2024 00:50

DangerQuakeRhinoSnake · 16/03/2024 16:24

Sorry to correct you @DyslexicPoster but this label just came off a new pair of jeans I had to buy (from Next).

Blimey! I had no idea. Not sure I need plastic near my nether regions! Jeans, denim is cotton. Or its not denim - or is it? Can you iron them? My mind is boggled. I'm off too Google....

Xylophonics · 16/03/2024 16:40

I've always chucked. By that stage they are 4 to 5 years old and have had a lot of wear.
Have considered patching but I imagine it not lasting long and / or being uncomfortable.

Cantrushart · 16/03/2024 16:35

So these floral feature patches that posters are waxing lyrical about, how are they going to work on the crotch area? A cheeky flash of Laura Ashley to catch the eye?

I'm also not sure how interior patches will prevent friction wear and tear.

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DangerQuakeRhinoSnake · 16/03/2024 16:24

Sorry to correct you @DyslexicPoster but this label just came off a new pair of jeans I had to buy (from Next).

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pleasecallmeback · 16/03/2024 14:51

I always repair torn clothes. Chucking them away is so wasteful. My elderly mum knows how to darn and she can repair holes in any kind of clothes in a few minutes, and it doesn't show. She's tried to teach me numerous times - I must learn, because darning clothes is dying out. People are just throwing stuff away and buying new instead of repairing them.

DyslexicPoster · 16/03/2024 14:45

DangerQuakeRhinoSnake · 16/03/2024 14:03

Just a thought, do we think making jeans out of recycled drinks bottles may be making them slightly more... fragile?

No jeans are always cotton. Kids school blazers are made from recycled bottles. They don't wear, they just rip and go shiny. I dont even think they can recycle cotton into jeans as the cotton fibres are too short after the processing from recycling.

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DangerQuakeRhinoSnake · 16/03/2024 14:03

Just a thought, do we think making jeans out of recycled drinks bottles may be making them slightly more... fragile?

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DangerQuakeRhinoSnake · 12/03/2024 23:50

Wow thanks everyone so many responses! Very grateful for all the practical tips. I'll try and fix it.

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OhhToHearTheMoonBeamsSing · 12/03/2024 22:32

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Tiredallthetimeneedsleep · 12/03/2024 18:48

EBearhug · 12/03/2024 17:46

You don't need a sewing machine. You can do it by hand. I don't consider patching very difficult sewing - you could do a basic job with just running stitch, which I'd consider every day life skills. Same as sewing on a button is a basic skill. Plus there are loads of YouTube videos these days to show you what to do.

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It's all very well having life skills, however I have oesteoarthritus and don't have the strength in my fingers/ hands to sew and am unable to even see that well to see the fricken needle, let alone thread it

SheepAndSword · 12/03/2024 18:35

@JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon this is a new phenomenon to me!

EBearhug · 12/03/2024 17:46

Wheresthescissors · 12/03/2024 15:40

Or they don't have sewing machines? Or were never taught how to sew?

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You don't need a sewing machine. You can do it by hand. I don't consider patching very difficult sewing - you could do a basic job with just running stitch, which I'd consider every day life skills. Same as sewing on a button is a basic skill. Plus there are loads of YouTube videos these days to show you what to do.

mogtheexcellent · 12/03/2024 16:32

I do a large iron on patch on the inside.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 12/03/2024 16:29

If you do patch them, make the patches very large, from seam to seam - otherwise, as your legs are already rubbing together, you're very likely to end up with blisters due to the stitching and edges of the material.

Timeforabiscuit · 12/03/2024 16:25

I always patchy inside with the iron on repair fabric they use for reinforcing kids knees on school trousers.

I use a fairly generous patch and they last really well.

I patch early when a weakness shows, someone would really be getting an eyeful to try and spot it!

TeaAndStrumpets · 12/03/2024 16:17

Wheresthescissors · 12/03/2024 15:40

Or they don't have sewing machines? Or were never taught how to sew?

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Good point, I suppose it's not necessarily taught in schools. We always had a sewing machine growing up, I even made my own wedding dress ;-) My Mum was of the wartime generation who would make do and mend. We had a lot of homemade clothes growing up, 5 kids and not much money!

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 12/03/2024 15:51

I have thick thighs and always patch my jeans! I find using a soft, slightly stretchy fabric to cover a large area on the inside of the jeans the best. So like a jersey or French Terry fabric, I do sew though and have a good stash of fabric to choose from, I do recycle old clothes, I've got an old pair of joggers that are a good colour match and are getting chopped up to use as patches!

persisted · 12/03/2024 15:41

I would bin them, any raised bit or seam from a patch would chafe and irritate me constantly. I have to cut all the labels out for the same reason.

Tears in other places where it doesn't rub I repair, hems, small holes etc.

Wheresthescissors · 12/03/2024 15:40

TeaAndStrumpets · 12/03/2024 10:44

Curvy DD2 always wore her jeans through just there, I would put some thin fabric behind and zig zag back and forth with the machine so it was more darned than patched.

In my student days many years ago we would make a feature of the patches by using contrasting florals etc. Probably a bit too hippy nowadays!

I too am shocked at people just throwing out clothes that are repairable. Money to burn, obviously.

Or they don't have sewing machines? Or were never taught how to sew?

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 12/03/2024 15:33

SheepAndSword · 12/03/2024 11:05

@JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon I guess I only wear old Levis so it's thicker denim. I did once have cuts below each buttock at the back (non Levi), no idea how that happened. They went in the bin.

My DH also only wears thick non-stretch denim Levi's. They still need patching.

SheepAndSword · 12/03/2024 11:05

@JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon I guess I only wear old Levis so it's thicker denim. I did once have cuts below each buttock at the back (non Levi), no idea how that happened. They went in the bin.

TeaAndStrumpets · 12/03/2024 10:44

Snap Kalevala !

TeaAndStrumpets · 12/03/2024 10:44

Curvy DD2 always wore her jeans through just there, I would put some thin fabric behind and zig zag back and forth with the machine so it was more darned than patched.

In my student days many years ago we would make a feature of the patches by using contrasting florals etc. Probably a bit too hippy nowadays!

I too am shocked at people just throwing out clothes that are repairable. Money to burn, obviously.

Kalevala · 12/03/2024 10:40

They can be darned by going back and forth over the area with a sewing machine. I'd pay for someone who knows what they are doing with the right equipment.

JesusMaryAndJosephAndTheWeeDon · 12/03/2024 10:36

SheepAndSword · 12/03/2024 03:14

Never knew this was a thing! Mine just get frayed around the bottom of the legs, the hem bit.

What sort of jeans are you buying? Good luck with patching.

It isn't really to do with the jeans, although cheaper stretchy ones wear quicker than heavy non stretch cotton denim.

It is more to do with the shape of your pelvis and thighs plus the way you walk.

If you get thigh chaffing then you will probably also wear your jeans in the same places.