Grab your sewing machine.
We all have that favorite pair of perfectly broken-in jeans we couldn’t imagine living without. And we have all probably experienced the heartbreak when a hole appears in the worst of all places—the crotch! Thankfully, with a patch and a sewing machine, the dreaded crotch blowout is a pretty easy fix .
Instructions 1) Turn your jeans inside out and, using the scrap denim, cut a fabric patch that’s at least an inch larger on every side than the actual hole. Secure the patch by pinning the edges in place on the inside of the jeans, centered on the hole. Once secured, turn the jeans right side out again.
2) Thread the needle and bobbin of your machine with thread closely matching the area being repaired . 3) Feed the jeans into the machine. Begin at one side of the hole and use a straight-stitch to stitch a line the length of the hole along the grain of the denim. Once you’ve reached the other side, put your machine in reverse and sew a line alongside the first, ending next to the point where you started. Continue zig-zagging straight lines back and forth, making your lines longer where the blowout area widens.
4) Once you’ve sewn lines back and forth across the entire blowout area, lock the final stitch by running a few stitches back and forth. Remove the jeans, and trim any loose threads where they meet the fabric. Turn the jeans inside out again to trim off excess patch fabric around the hole and voila! Your favorite jeans are back and ready for action.This article originally appeared in the Spring 2020 edition of BUST's print magazine.
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