Valentine Jeans

 Hello Readers. Do you like distressed Jeans? I love them... in warm weather. In the cold weather I am having in my part of the world lately, they are not great. It is too cold for exposed knees.

 

Before and after.

It is painfully cold where I live. Like it hurts my face when I go outside. These holes would cause me to freeze to death out in the cold. What can we do to fix that?

I thought it would be fun to fill in the holes with some red heart fabric. It would be cute for Valentine's Day but it would be great all year round too.

I started by turning the jeans inside out. I cut the red pieces large enough to cover the holes and extend out beyond them. I needed the red pieces to be bigger than the holes. I will use that extra fabric around the holes to secure it all together. I used pieces of Iron-on Hem Tape to keep the red pieces in place while I was working. I ironed the red pieces to the inside of the jeans.

It looked like this from the outside. The red fabric peeks out through the holes and covers the leg. That is just what I wanted. But I also wanted to do a little more to highlight the red fabric.

I wanted to do some visible mending. I started using red thread in my sewing machine and red embroidery thread by hand. I wanted a combination of different stitches. I thought it would be more fun that way. This stitching adds some color to my jeans but it also connects the red fabric to the jeans and makes them much stronger than the iron-on hem tape could alone. 

Here is a look at the different stitching. I stopped because I used all the red embroidery thread I had on hand. When I ran out of red thread I had to stop. I love the messy free form look of the mending. The pops of bright red are so fun.

I thought the end result was a fun casual look that was great for Valentine's Day and more. I will tell you all about that sweater next time. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself. 

*Year End Note From Chickie- These were so fun but they got too tight through the year. Ugh, middle age weight gain is real.