Isn't this the cutest?!
Step 1- Find a pair of jeans that has a hole in it. If you have a boy then you probably have a closet full.
Step 2- Cut your felt. You will need red and white. Use the white to make two circles, one bigger than the other and then cut some teeth. Make sure they fit in the hole. Cut an oval slightly bigger than the hole you need to repair. This will be the inside of the mouth.
Step 3- Place the teeth over the red felt and quickly stitch them together. Place this on the inside of the hole and stitch around it with some black embroidery floss.
Step 4- Attach the eyes and use the embroidery floss to create a "look".
Step 5- Sit back with some iced tea because you're done.
Funny story: My sun wore these and the monster came back with green teeth! They were grass stains! It just added to the "look".
Nydia 8)
I love it!!!! I want to put in my own jeans :D
ReplyDeleteThanks Nydia! Just did my boys jeans and blogged it! VERY COOL.
ReplyDeleteFound you through pinterest... way to go - like your blog!
Oh my gosh- what a great idea! I have one question for you- does the felt hold up in the washing machine? I've always thought that felt wasn't washable, but I'm probably wrong! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi sewing chick. Yes the felt does hold up. At least in my case it has. This felt held up through grass stains ( monster teeth are slightly green now) and through three machine washes so far. I have a front loader. I don't know if it's gentler but I suppose you could hand wash them if you wanted. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this!! My boy can't keep a knee in his jeans worth anything, so I most definitely have several pairs of pants that could use some fixing up like this. Thanks for the brilliant idea!
ReplyDeleteMy boy has surprisingly hole free jeans (most likely because he grows out of them before he can wear them out). So, I am going to be doing this to my jeans. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteThey are so cute. My nephew would love this. Too bad none of his jeans have holes.
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to to this tonight to pair of my jeans that have a hole in the knee. :) Awesome idea!
ReplyDeletebrilliant idea! I'd love it if you'd drop by my international linky party, Craft Schooling Sunday and share it!
ReplyDeleteSo cool to see my little monster knee over here!! Thank you :)
ReplyDelete(wondered where all the foreign visitors came from all of a sudden!)
MiekK you are a genius! Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I have 3 boys of my own and hardly a knee left in any of their jeans. I re-blogged this at http://tinyurl.com/3r8j43u with credit and link back.
ReplyDelete~Andie
I just made monster jeans out of 2 pair of my son's with holes. Thank you for this idea! We just extended the life of the pants. yea!
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