Jean Repair/Need advice

Ok, I have managed to make the patch for my jeans repair - boy, I can't
imagine making enough of those hexagons for an entire quilt! God bless
Grandma!

Anyway, now I need a bit of simple advice. Attaching it to the pants
leg. Should I just whip stitch around the edges (with thread), or
should I use embroidery floss and do something like a blanket stitch?
Would this perhaps make it more sturdy and able to stand up to wear
around the knee area?

http://community.webshots.com/album/270384580sfhpef

Thanks in advance for your help.

Tina

I don´t think so but I don´t know how to answer your question hence my
silence

I don´t think that whip stitching will be easy to do nor do I think that
embroidery floss is the way to go either

see I´m not much help am I?!

--
Jessamy
www.geocities.com/jess_ayad
In The Netherlands
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should I have said "Quilted" jean repair? - Tina

If this were mine, I would try to slide it under the SM needle and use a
satin stitch, or a close zig-zag stitch around the flower part. You might
need to sew part of it and then re-position it on your SM. I would try to
do it all using the SM. HTH
Barbara in FL & SC

If you open up the seam (the one that is not flat felled) then
you can easily use your machine to stitch the patches down.
A buttonhole stitch or zig zag would be fine. After its
stitched down just sew the seam back up.
Very cute patch!
Taria

Tina wrote:
Ok, I have managed to make the patch for my jeans repair - boy, I can't
imagine making enough of those hexagons for an entire quilt! God bless
Grandma!

Anyway, now I need a bit of simple advice. Attaching it to the pants
leg. Should I just whip stitch around the edges (with thread), or
should I use embroidery floss and do something like a blanket stitch?
Would this perhaps make it more sturdy and able to stand up to wear
around the knee area?

http://community.webshots.com/album/270384580sfhpef

Thanks in advance for your help.

Tina

thanks Taria! I wondered about that when others said they would use
SM! But I had already dug in with a thick needle - so now that my
fingers have all been bandaged it's going ok. (I hate, hate thimbles!)
Actually, I really like the way it is looking. I am using three
strands of embroidery floss and doing blanket stitching (and pulling it
tight).

My son came home from school and saw it on the table - "Oh cool mom!
Will you do that to my jeans too!" LOL We discussed basketballs
instead of flowers........

Tina

When you son comes home and finds anything you are doing cool it has to
be really great BG
TAria

Tina wrote:

thanks Taria! I wondered about that when others said they would use
SM! But I had already dug in with a thick needle - so now that my
fingers have all been bandaged it's going ok. (I hate, hate thimbles!)
Actually, I really like the way it is looking. I am using three
strands of embroidery floss and doing blanket stitching (and pulling it
tight).

My son came home from school and saw it on the table - "Oh cool mom!
Will you do that to my jeans too!" LOL We discussed basketballs
instead of flowers........

Tina

Patched jeans? Shades of late 60s - early 70s.
All things come around again!
Have fun, PAT in VA/USA

Tina wrote:

thanks Taria! I wondered about that when others said they would use
SM! But I had already dug in with a thick needle - so now that my
fingers have all been bandaged it's going ok. (I hate, hate thimbles!)
Actually, I really like the way it is looking. I am using three
strands of embroidery floss and doing blanket stitching (and pulling it
tight).

My son came home from school and saw it on the table - "Oh cool mom!
Will you do that to my jeans too!" LOL We discussed basketballs
instead of flowers........

Tina

Ain't that the truth! My daughter came home from HS the other day and
told me her best friend just bought a pair of jeans for $200 !
Complete with holes! Can you imagine? Not even patched, just already
worn and holey! I would have given her some for FREE ! LOL

Tina