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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

How to Properly Repair Holes in Jeans

I tend to make a short story, long so I'll keep this one simple.  I have a little boy that I like to call Sun.  He is one of my everythings.  He is also a very active little boy.  His favorite activities involve skinned knees and holes.  So recently I was cruising the NET and came across a picture of this.  It's in another language but it's easy to figure out.  I found it so adorable!  I had to make it.  It was so easy to do.  Here's how. 

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)
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13 comments:

  1. BambiJune 1, 2011 at 1:37 PM

    I love it!!!! I want to put in my own jeans :D

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  2. SarahJune 14, 2011 at 9:12 PM

    Thanks Nydia! Just did my boys jeans and blogged it! VERY COOL.

    Found you through pinterest... way to go - like your blog!

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  3. Sewing-ChickJune 15, 2011 at 4:37 AM

    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!

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  4. UnknownJune 15, 2011 at 7:12 AM

    Hi 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.

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  5. Hippie HousewifeJune 17, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    I 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!

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  6. henna_handsJune 18, 2011 at 2:23 PM

    My 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!

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  7. Anna M.June 18, 2011 at 6:06 PM

    They are so cute. My nephew would love this. Too bad none of his jeans have holes.

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  8. AdrienneJune 18, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    I think I'm going to to this tonight to pair of my jeans that have a hole in the knee. :) Awesome idea!

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  9. AnonymousJune 18, 2011 at 10:36 PM

    brilliant idea! I'd love it if you'd drop by my international linky party, Craft Schooling Sunday and share it!

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  10. ByMiekK &SewJune 20, 2011 at 11:22 AM

    So cool to see my little monster knee over here!! Thank you :)
    (wondered where all the foreign visitors came from all of a sudden!)

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  11. UnknownJune 20, 2011 at 11:32 AM

    MiekK you are a genius! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  12. AnonymousJune 20, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    Awesome! 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.
    ~Andie

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  13. eatmoresmoresJuly 19, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    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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