A few weeks ago I found these dark grey jeans in the clothing loop I'm part of. It was a great fit, but unfortunately the fabric was torn near the pockets. On both sides actually, would you believe that?
Makes you think, right? Did the jeans belong to someone who likes to keep their hands in the pockets? All day? And of course it's a bit dubious that they wanted to pass on damaged jeans to another owner, but hey.... I wouldn't be having a new pair of grey jeans if it weren't for them. So I decided to take on this challenge and make it a visible 'not to be missed' mending!
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| I started with fortifying the tears |
I used interfacing to fortify the fabric around the tears and made some zigzag stitches on the outside. Then I unstitched 2 pocket flaps from an old pair of jeans. I thought it would be nice to also add a flap on the back pocket.
The pocket flaps definitely needed some sparkle of course! I found an old greyish black necklace with small stones. So after I sewed the pocket flap on, I hand stitched the chain on the flaps.
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| Sparkling front and back pockets |
Last, but not least, I went on a weekend trip to Metz (France) last week and found the perfect jumper to combine the jeans with! I visited a small friperie (second hand store) in the city centre (love the word 'friperie') and found this colourful jumper. And look and the brand name, Sucre Neige, so cute!
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| What's the common English translation, powdered sugar, icing sugar? |
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