How to Patch Jeans. There are several ways to mend your garments, each one unique to the type of damage and fabric in question. One of the most common repairs is a patch that can be used to repair ...

1 pair of jeans (we used this $12.80 pair of Forever 21 dark denim skinnies.) 1 iron. 1 tea towel of thin rag. Iron-on patches/decals. We spent between $2 and $7 on each patch from Etsy and Amazon ...

If you want to repair clothes to make them last longer — while saving money and the environment — these tips on sewing, patching and more will help you get started.

Extend the life of your clothing with this creative sewing technique. All you need are a few basic sewing skills, thread and scrap material to get started — oh, and maybe a pair of ripped jeans.

Holes in your jeans shouldn’t mean a trip to the Goodwill pile — or even a patch, for that matter. Many tailors and denim-centric shops now offer darning services, which Sethi says is a superior ...

Slip on your jeans. Use chalk to roughly mark the area you want to distress. For a rather impressive hole in the knee area, it's best to start cutting two inches above the knee and two inches ...

Want to fix your door, headphones, jeans? New how-to-repair clinic has just opened up in Pittsburgh 90.5 WESA | By Gabriela Herring. Published April 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM EDT ...

Repair and reuse continue to be important focus areas for Nudie Jeans and its mission to “create tomorrow’s vintage.” The Swedish brand repaired 73,368 pairs of Nudie jeans in 2023—12 ...