Upholstery Patches

Last year I picked up a pack of upholstery fabric samples for $1, at a Recycle Centre.


My favourite pair of Diesel jeans, that I've had for close to ten years, have finally given at the knee. Now, I shouldn't be too bothered about this, for ripped jeans have a certain character, but during Melbourne's winter, it is just not practical to wear hole-y jeans. What better opportunity than to patch with fine furnishing samples?

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To sew on my patches, I had to unpick the side seam of my jeans, then machine stitched what I could, hand stitched the rest, and machine stitched the open seam back together again.

Never too old for patched jeans!

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