Patch Up A Pair of Jeans With A Mini Quilt Block!

Patch up a pair of jeans with

 a mini-quilt block patch square! 

 All you need is a few scraps of fabric

and some heat'n bond lite.  Oh, and

of course, a pair of holy jeans.

Here's the hole on my pair of jeans! 

I've selected my fabric.  

I cut one inch strips from each fabric.

As you'll 

see below, I decided to use 

the floral and solid fabric and

leave out the stripe fabric.

Place the two strips right 

sides together, sew 1/4" seam 

allowance and press.

From the sewn strips, cut six 1" 

strips as shown. Unless you need

more to cover a larger area.  

Place them how you want the 

block to look.

Begin to assemble your block.

This is what the block looks

like form the back once sewn

and pressed.  I ended up with a
twelve-patch block. You may only
need to make a nine-patch block.

You'll need some Heat'n bond.  It's lite

so the area where your placing the

patch won't be to stiff.

Cut one piece of heat'n bond the

same size as your patch.  

Also, cut one scrap of fabric a

little larger than your patch.

 

Place your heat'n bond, rough size 

down on wrong side of patch block, 

and press. Follow

manufacturing instructions.  

 

  Once pressed, remove paper

 and you're left 

with a film on wrong side of fabric. 

 

Place your backing against film side

of block, (this would be the wrong

side of patch).

Trim your block.  Now you can 

place your patch block over the

hole or

underneath the hole.

I decided to place the patch

over the hole.  First sew 

all around patch.  Remove from

sewing machine and check that the 

patch is laying down flat and 

you have no puckers.

Once your patch is where you want it, 

sew around patch with a statin stitch.

 There you have it.  Show off your

quilting on your jeans and make

it pretty!!!  This is great for  

kids clothes, as well as adults

clothes. You don't need to make a

9-12 patch block.  You can use

your favorite block pattern.  Just

remember to make it in a mini form

so you can show it off!

*You may have to remove the side seam of 

your jeans to sew in the patch, depending

where your hole is located.   

I was able to sew on the patch

with out removing side seam.

Thanks for stopping by!

Psalm 100:5a

For the Lord is good and

his love endures forever...

My Favorite Sewing Weapon Against Lint

What does a pipe cleaner have to 

do with sewing?  Well, let me tell

 you, it's one of my favorite tools.

I discovered it years ago,  and have

 been using it ever since.

I'd love to share it with you!

That favorite tool of mine 

happens to be a pipe cleaner.

I use pipe cleaners to clean my 

sewing machines from lint that 

gathers into my machine from  the

fibers of the fabric while

I sew, quilt or craft.

  

It fits in all the nooks

and crannies of your machine, whether

it be a serger or a regular 

sewing machine.   I guess you

can use it for your belly button lint, 

too, haha, just kidding!

It's such a great tool.  Once you

go in and remove the lint from

your machines, you just wipe

off the lint on your pipe

cleaner and you can

reuse that pike cleaner 

over and over.

  

  

So make a pipe cleaner part of your

sewing tools.  They don't cost

much and pipe cleaners

work great to get to those 

unreachable places of your 

sewing machines.

What's your favorite 

sewing tool?  

Ecclesiastes 3:11

He hath made every thing beautiful in His time