I’ve put a close up here of the final patch. You can see that the fusing material that was sticking out before has now melted, and you can’t see it.
I picked these pants for a reason. When I first started patching pants, I would painstakingly sew around the edge of the patch to make sure it would stay put. As my kids are little, the pants are too small to fit into my sewing machine, so I had to do this by hand.
However, I found the pants would lose integrity at the spots where I sewed the patch down, causing a new hole. So I don’t bother sewing around the edges anymore. However, high wear areas can also have the patches come off.
These are such great tips! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! It’s a great way to save some money when kids go through so many pants!
Waoo! Awesome way to re style kids pants
I’ve only ventured into heart and squares! But I’m going to work on flower and more intricate items as they grow!
Love this! With kids your budget can go out the window if you throw out every pair of pants that come home with a hole in them. I also buy the patches available at the store to patch the inside thigh area of my Jean’s (curse of having thick thighs haha).
I haven’t looked into buying patches… I never even thought of that as an option! I guess everyone is so used to just throwing things out that fixing things isn’t the norm anymore! Thanks for the purchased patches idea!
Thanks for the great tips and fun mending ideas!
Thanks for reading! It’s nice to be able to fix stuff and have the kids still enjoy wearing it!
I have never heard about fabric tape before, so thank you. This will come in handy for my son and the knees of his pants that seem to always become worn out.
This is like duct tape for clothes. I’m constantly using it to fix holes!
Fun learning how to patch stretchy pants as my boys have kids of their own now, so I mostly patched denim.
This fabric fusing tape is like duct tape for clothes! I could use it on anything’! You should try it out!