I had been wanting to do this for several weeks. O keeps complaining about being cold in the morning. It has been cold and holes in the knees would make me cold too. O had a birthday party to go to this afternoon so I finally made time to patch the jeans. I had her pick out some scrap fabric I had. That almost took longer than sewing on the patches!
How I Did It:
I took some cotton fabric, just slightly larger than the hole to be patched. I put a piece of flannel fabric behind the cotton. I cut both pieces of fabric into a fun shape that would cover the hole in the jeans. (If you don't have scrap fabric laying around like I do, go to the fabric store and go through the remnants. Bring the kids and have them help you.)
Using a blanket stitch and embroidery floss I hand sewed the two pieces of fabric to the jeans covering the hole.
I then put Fray Check around the edges of the fabric. This will prevent the fabric from fraying and falling apart during the wash. It also saves me a step. I did not want to take the time to hem the scrap of fabric or zig zag the edge.
Not a totally long term solution, but these patches should last until O outgrows the jeans. Which will be soon.
After sewing on the patches I got a giant hug from O. "Thank you mommy! I love them." She proudly wore them to her party. CK now wants a pair. No problem. She has holes in her jeans too.
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