How to sew a hole in jeans between your legs: repairing pants at home

Jeans are universal trousers for men, women and children, which can be worn in any situation and combined with different clothes, skillfully expressing the style direction. However, even expensive, good quality denim trousers are prone to wear and tear, resulting in fading and even holes. Most often, this requires the owner to be able to correctly sew up the hole. If such a problem arises, do not despair of throwing away your favorite thing. Even a novice needlewoman can quickly and discreetly sew jeans between the legs.

Why are jeans torn between the legs

According to statistics, every third person who prefers to wear jeans is faced with the problem of rubbing the fabric and the formation of holes between the legs. In some cases, this happens several months after the purchase of a new thing, in others - after a long period of regular wearing. If a problem is found, it will take skill to properly sew up or mask the damage. However, first you need to find out the causes of holes in jeans, which are as follows:

1. Rapid wear of the material in the delicate area most often occurs in owners of full, voluminous hips. The larger the girth, the more the fabric stretches between the legs, which subsequently leads to its rupture and the formation of holes of different sizes. It is among amateur athletes, who are characterized by developed thigh muscles, that jeans become unusable as quickly as possible, which makes them turn to the masters in order to correctly sew the product.
2. The waddling gait is also one of the main reasons for the appearance of holes in the pants in the delicate area due to the high stress on the crotch seams.
3. In restless people who cannot sit still in one place, the fabric on the trousers between the legs is wiped faster.

What to do to prevent jeans from rubbing between your legs

Tips from the pros will help prevent jeans from wiping between your legs and delay repairs, save on wardrobe upgrades:

• choose the right size of jeans, the fit of which should be free, without excessive tightness of the hips and crotch;
• give preference to models with a "high waist", as jeans with a low rise form many folds in the delicate area, which leads to the premature appearance of gaps and holes, as well as the need to sew them correctly;
• wash the product in a gentle mode with the lowest spin intensity without adding aggressive cleaning agents - rinses, conditioners and stain removers;
• promptly remove the pellets in the thinning place on the front side of the trousers.

So that the problem of restoring jeans between the legs does not arise regularly, people who prefer this particular clothing purchase several different models for everyday wear and going out.It is worth noting that it is possible to keep intact areas of tissue between the legs for a long time if, while sitting, when changing position, do not fidget in the chair, but raise the body.

How to sew jeans between your legs

You can fix jeans worn between your legs in one of several ways, which are selected based on the size of the damaged area. This can be done using a sewing machine or by hand. For work you will need:

• strong threads matching in color with jeans;
• needle and scissors;
• sewing machine;
• iron with a steam generator;
• a piece of chalk;
• fabric for patches.

The material for the insert must match in color with the shade of the thing, then the repaired area, where there was a hole, will not stand out, catch the eye. You can mend jeans between your legs using traditional methods - using a thread and a needle, but in extreme cases you can do without sewing. It is quite possible to patch the holes with patches bought in a specialized store, the wrong side of which is made in the form of a self-adhesive film. Fix them with an iron. But if the hole has become large enough, it will be inconvenient to wear updated jeans with purchased patches. Rough and dense material does not wrinkle well, which creates some discomfort while wearing the product.

The fabric insert can be made of denim material, which is glued with a special glue for the fabric or a self-adhesive film, in other words - "cobweb". The method is applicable for areas with small abrasions, where there are no holes. Otherwise, the option remains to sew a patch on jeans between the legs. First, a thermal tape is applied to the damaged area from the front side, then a fabric insert, everything is ironed with an iron. The spider web should not peek out from under the patch, so as not to stick when ironing. In this case, it is necessary to sew the patch in such a way that one of its sides coincides with the middle seam on the jeans, which will make the work neat and of high quality. However, this method allows you to restore a thing, albeit quickly, but not for long.

You can make such a patch on jeans between the legs with your own hands from the wrong side, but when walking, it will rub the skin and bring inconvenience due to the seal that has appeared. This is especially true for men. That is why the most popular and versatile pants are restored from the front. In addition to spider webs, there are other ways to sew up holes and gaps in jeans. It:

• patching on the inside of the trousers;
• applying a fabric patch.

How to more reliably repair jeans that are heavily frayed between the legs to holes will be discussed below. But, if the tissue has just begun to thin out, you can prevent its further damage and exclude the possibility of rupture, that is, correctly sew up the damage. Here, the emphasis is on strengthening the seam and the thinnest areas of fabric subject to constant friction. It is not difficult to properly sew up the wiped area without holes:

1. The damaged areas are patched manually using the blind-stitch technique, for which very strong threads are used, intended for denim material, corresponding to its thickness and color.
   
2. The first loops are made on strong, not frayed areas of the canvas, then you can sew jeans between the legs for a long time and tightly.
3. Stitches over the damaged area with horizontal movements.
4. To prevent the material from puckering and warping, the needle is stuck into the worn part and returned back, making vertical stitches.
5. The horizontal and vertical rows are alternated so that the needle passes between the threads.
   

At first glance, it seems that it is quite difficult to sew a hole in jeans between the legs, but a useful video on the topic will facilitate the work of a novice needlewoman.

To place a patch on damaged jeans between your legs, you can use a piece of material that comes with your branded models. If it is absent, then you will have to select a patch that is suitable in color and density yourself. This option to sew jeans is applicable in the presence of severe abrasions and large holes. Small damages are simply patched by hand, fixing the seam on a whole piece of fabric and passing the thread over the worn part of the fabric. If you patch jeans between your legs well in this way, the seam will be durable and strong, and the repaired item will last for a long time. This method of sewing holes in jeans is described in detail just above.

How to mend jeans between your legs on a typewriter

Sewing machine skills will allow you to quickly sew your favorite jeans, frayed between the legs. The work algorithm in this case will be as follows:

1. The washed trousers are carefully ironed to avoid creases.
2. If there are holes, they are darned by hand from the seamy side.
3. A suitable flap of material for the patch is prepared, corresponding to the size of the worn area with a seam allowance of 1.5 cm, it is swept with light stitches by hand.
4. Jeans are turned inside out, sewn on a sewing machine with lines parallel to the threads of the canvas.
5. The thing is turned 90 degrees and the worn place is sewn with stitches already perpendicular to the previous lines.
6. They work in the same way with the second leg.

Sewing holes and damaged spots on jeans between the legs with a sewing machine can be much faster than manually. In addition, the lines are smooth and neat, and the repaired area of ​​fabric remains invisible to prying eyes. When working, the canvas is well pulled in order to sew it evenly, without folds.

How to manually darn jeans between your legs

You can fill a hole in jeans between the legs without a sewing machine using one of the following methods, based on sewing on a patch:

1. Before being sewn up, jeans are washed, dried and ironed carefully so that no wrinkles remain on the surface.
2. The product is turned inside out.
3. The hole between the legs is sewn up with an even seam.
4. From non-woven or dublenine, and these materials are adhesive fabrics, cut out a patch that is 1.5-2 cm larger than the worn space.
5. Fix it to the hole from the seamy side with an iron, ironing it through gauze.
6. The jeans are turned inside out and the patch is sewn on the front side parallel to the fabric fibers.
7. The next seam is applied to the first seam so that the edges of the gap remain firmly adhered, and the hole in the canvas does not increase.
8. With the second leg, similar actions are performed.

Strong threads of the same color with jeans and the same color of fabric will allow you to quietly mend holes between your legs. When sewing by hand, make miniature stitches up to 3 mm, the spacing between which should also be minimal. The knots are made so that they remain between the patch and the seamy side of the trousers. Otherwise, even the most high-quality repair of jeans between the legs with your own hands will bring great inconvenience when wearing - a small knot will rub the skin heavily.

Another repair option:

1. Beforehand, the thing is washed and dried, ironed with an iron.
2. The seams are cut on the jeans.
3. A ruler and a pen indicate the boundaries of frayed areas.
4. The damaged matter is cut out.
5. According to the sketches obtained, patches are cut
6. Sew them to the pants in the same way as described above.

Helpful hints and tips

To neatly remove unsightly scuffs on your jeans between your legs, you must follow these rules:

• use needles numbered 11-14 and cotton or synthetic thread numbered 50-70;
• before stitching, the fringe from the denim between the legs should be removed if there are holes;
• the patch for the wiped place must be cut so that the direction of the fibers on the canvas coincides with the threads on the trousers being repaired, which can be both horizontal and vertical;
• when using an adhesive application, it is better to additionally strengthen it with several lines around the perimeter;
• it is better to wash jeans with laundry soap in warm water by hand in order to extend their life and avoid rapid wear of the material;
• in order to prevent this problem, you need to periodically check the "weak" delicate places on the pants in order to timely sew up scuffs and prevent the formation of holes.

Conclusion

Sewing jeans discreetly between your legs is easy. However, this measure will allow only a few months to postpone parting with them. No matter how skillful and high-quality the repair is, soon any thing will have to be thrown away. Experienced needlewomen may well extend the life of the product. Not every hole between the legs on jeans can really be sewn up or masked on your own. In some cases, it's easier to get yourself a new pair.