Denim knee patch

You've stretched the knee holes in your jeans and now it's time to fix them. We show you how to make easy patches for ripped jeans.

Years ago it would seem like by the time summer rolled around my kids jeans were on their last leg. It was hard for me to justify buying new jeans for them knowing they’d rarely wear them during the summer months and I would have to buy more when we went shopping for the new Read More >>

Learn how easy it is to repurpose old jeans cutoffs with this tutorial featuring my latest visible mending pattern: The Biker Knee Patch.

Learn how to salvage your favorite denim with this fun tutorial! Something really sad happened this past summer. My favorite, favorite jeans took a turn for the worse. Now, I’m all in favor of rips. I like my jeans torn and tattered; really, the more the better. I found my jeans — an amazing pair of gold […]

These pants with holes in their knees had been laying on the mending pile for weeks (if not months). I finally took the time to patch them. Once started, I figured that I could just as well spend some extra effort to make them a bit special. The first pair got large embellished pads, sewn in both side seams. I opened up the side seams with the seam ripper, attached the knee pads, and resewed the seams. However, it turned out that resewing the double seam was quite tricky. So for the second…