Oh, thank you! I'm looking at doing this with some joggers (am aware it's a different fabric, but this gives me pictures to work with, thank you so much!)
Good timing then! Hope it goes well. It definitely works ok with joggers, I've done quite a few pairs for one of my kids. Can make the mended place a little stiff, but plenty wearable. Hope it goes well
You want a patch that matches your jeans in colour as close as you can. A denim patch will work, but two layers of trouser denim can be bulky. Denim from a shirt is ideal.
Cut the patch a fair bit bigger than the hole. You need to be sewing into healthy denim, not the worn denim right by the hole
Wrangle the jeans around your sewing machine, and sew over the patch in a really big zig-zag, so you're going off the patch and into the good fabric. Do extra, where the hole is, so the frayed edges are well fastened down and the weakest fabric is the best secured.
Once it's sewn down, you can cut the tacking stitches off with a little pair of scissors, or a stitch ripper. You've probably sewn over them, in places, so give them a bit of a pull. They'll come away
I have a hole from 🚲 saddle wear in the backside of my favourite trousers. Thinking of using the lining from one of the back pockets as the patch material, as it'll be a good match in colour and two layers won't add bulk.
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Cut the patch a fair bit bigger than the hole. You need to be sewing into healthy denim, not the worn denim right by the hole
Yes, you could use pins, but it's really tricky to get the sewing machine to the crotch of jeans. Trust me, it's worth doing the tacking!