Up till now, my upholstery samples have been left untouched in my rather large suitcase of thrifted fabric, waiting patiently for a project. Whilst I am scheming up a suitable project to reuse all of these pretty fabric squares, I have, in the meantime found a use for some.
My favourite pair of Diesel jeans, that I've had for close to ten years, have finally given at the knee. Now, I shouldn't be too bothered about this, for ripped jeans have a certain character, but during Melbourne's winter, it is just not practical to wear hole-y jeans. What better opportunity than to patch with fine furnishing samples?
To sew on my patches, I had to unpick the side seam of my jeans, then machine stitched what I could, hand stitched the rest, and machine stitched the open seam back together again.
Never too old for patched jeans!
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4 comments:
That idea rocks. I have a shirt. I'll look for some cool remnants.
Great idea!
I have a lot of old italian upholstery samples, usually I sew bags with them, but this idea rocks! I have to try! :)
Thanks for inspiring me!
Bye, silvia
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Brilliant idea!! I think patchwork could get addictive!
I like it! very nifty pathwork :)
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