by blueeyedblonde 05 Feb 2016

Well, finally finished these jeans. My 6 yr old gd asked me to fix them for him and my son asked if I had scraps of jeans that I could put a design on and put it on them.

There were only 9 pair! He came up to me with the stack of jeans in his arms and asked if I would fix them for him and I told him I figured I could manage that. Then he looks up at me and says "Oh, and, how much would that cost?" (I knew my son had told him to ask that - lol). So I looked at him and said "hmmmm - well maybe a bunch of hugs and kisses". He beamed at that reply!
They are all the left knee but the one with the race flag and car is both knees as the other knee is kinda thin and probably won't take much before it need a patch.
The lighting was terrible - some don't show up as well as they should - especially the last one.
Hope you like!

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by babash 06 Feb 2016

Good job on the Jeans. Love the payment required.

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thanks!

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by worthy 06 Feb 2016

Wonderful job and thank you for sharing the story along with them..Gibe him a hug from all us Grannies

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thanks and I'll do that!

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by lbrow 06 Feb 2016

Great job!/Lillian

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thanks.

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by basketkase 06 Feb 2016

Great designs for boys.........love the placements, too.....

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thanks.

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by jrob Moderator 06 Feb 2016

What a great job! He's got a whole new wardrobe.

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thank you!

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by sonjapotgieter 06 Feb 2016

That looks Gorgeous!!!Well done

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

thanks.

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by dordonc 06 Feb 2016

great job. happy boy........

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thanks.

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by brendalea 06 Feb 2016

Great job on the patches. Now your Grandson can wear them a little longer. After he out grows them, ask your son for the jeans back and you can make your Grandson a quilt out of them. Happy Stitching!!!

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thanks. I think they'll probably go to the great grandson next. But that is a great idea.

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by katydid 06 Feb 2016

great job!

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thanks.

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by sandralane 05 Feb 2016

Love your embroidered mending, looks terrific. The grands will think that they look very smart. I used to do this sort of thing when my children were young, only not fancy, I only had a plain sewing machine in those days and put coloured shapes at different angles, which worked then. You have done a lovely job. Sandra.

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thanks.

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by graceandham 05 Feb 2016

Glad you told us your method below. I had one son who was very gentle on his clothes and one who went through knees really fast, the record being one week on a new track suit. I, too, learned to pad behind the patch so the repair would last longer.

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thanks. My son was also hard on knees!

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by noah 05 Feb 2016

Awesome you are a good Grammie :):)hugs

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thanks.

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by liliana1 05 Feb 2016

Bet your grandson is pleased they look great.

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

He doesn't have them yet. His daddy was here yesterday as he's working out this way for a couple days so when he gets home Sunday night or Monday he will get them and my son really liked them and said he's going to love them!

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by 1961nancy 05 Feb 2016

Great designs. You know his friends are ask him where they can get jeans like his.

Nancy

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thanks. Yeah, they are definitely one of a kind!

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by vickiannette 05 Feb 2016

heaps of work, but a fabulous result, lovely Grandmother.

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thanks.

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by evilsoft 05 Feb 2016

Those are great. I think you deserve a second round of hugs and Kisses. Great work Grandma.

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 06 Feb 2016

Thank you.

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by cj2sew 05 Feb 2016

Very impressive work.

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 05 Feb 2016

Thank you!

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by Ossineu 05 Feb 2016

Good idea and nice designs. Well done.

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 05 Feb 2016

Thanks!

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by cfidl 05 Feb 2016

Now that is some fancy mending! Excellent work!

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 05 Feb 2016

Thank you!

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by pennifold 05 Feb 2016

WOW! Linda what a marvellous job you've done! Did you have to undo the seams to get your hoop on these, or did you do separate patches and hand sew them on? Great job either way. Love Chris

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blueeyedblonde by blueeyedblonde 05 Feb 2016

I did a separate patch but I did open up the sided seam to be able to get in there as the legs are so narrow!
I feel like I had an assembly line going - lol! First I opened up the one leg on each pair then took a small piece of blue jean and patched it the way I normally would (just not quite as good ad it won't be seen), then I found designs for them and embroidered them all on jean scrap I have - then pinned and sewed them in place with the decorative stitch, and then redid the seams I'd opened.

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