What is the easiest way to “fix” these jeans so the holes don’t continue to grow? Is there Something I could iron onto the inside to support the fabric and prevent the gold from growing?
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I cut a small patch of denim from old jeans and sew it underneath the hole. I do it by hand as there’s a lot of dense thick layers of fabric. I do a ton of stitches, about as many as I can fit. Tedious but effective. I have patched a bunch of Hubs jeans this way.
This is a flatter area and you could sew on the machine, but be prepared for broken needles unless you have a really strong machine.
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Ban him from putting things in those pockets. The stress on the corners will make it so that any fix is only temporary.
I would do an iron on patch on the inside, just because sewing denim, especially at seams like that where you have so many layers, is hell.
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This. No phone in that pocket. If you can’t get a matching denim patch you can get tough outdoor patches like for tents
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Yes, iron on denim patches are easy to find! I would probably cut it big enough to go across both holes and about half the pocket height rather than doing multiple small patches. You can do this with new jeans in the same spot to provide structural support and help those areas last longer too.
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Does his program cover repairing garments?
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I could bring you some old denim and fusible webbing to sort of make your own patch. I MIGHT have some iron on patches in weird colors (which shouldn’t matter on the inside) but I know I have fabric and the iron on sticky stuff. Let me know!
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If not, my library does!
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That is not something they do. On the bright side I have a whole pack of denim needles for my sewing machine because sewing patches on judo gis is actually harder than sewing denim.
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Thanks for the ideas everyone!
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I had the same issue with my own jeans–I found iron-on patches in denim color and also sewed them in, because after a wash or two they started to curl off a bit. I also try to not put the phone in my back pocket anymore.
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Yes - for iron-ons at least sew around the edge because they do like to curl.
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I’ve patched a lot of denim with cut up old tshirts and fabric glue. It’s not as strong as denim iron on patches but is a whole lot less scratchy.
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Can anyone recommend a weather app that they like? Weather Channel updated theirs, and now there are even MORE extremely obnoxious ads to try to get you to pay for premium, and I am done with it. I am willing to .put up with ads for free service, just not this level.
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I like WeatherBug! A unique feature I don’t think I’ve seen on other apps is they have lightning radar map/warnings, and also fire radar/warnings.
The free version has some ads, but IMO they’re less obtrusive than other apps.
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On Android I like helloweather.com.
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Weather underground has good radar maps and precipitation data
I think they also have the lightening strike feature
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Is frozen yogurt the same thing as soft serve ice cream?
I got some vegan soft serve and was discussing it with other people. Somehow we were then talking about frozen yogurt and where you could go to get frozen yogurt. To me those are two totally different things, but I’m open to learning that I am wrong.
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They are not the same. I’m confused by these people who don’t know the difference. Frozen yogurt is yogurt, soft serve is soft ice cream. They don’t taste the same.
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