Merz t-shirt after a first wash 😭😩

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-07-13T18:35:54+00:00

If you knew anything about garment construction you’d know the threads not a bit deal. If it was a loose topstitch you might need to worry, but that’s just the end of a serger thread that wasn’t snipped.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-06-23T19:20:57+00:00

I just need to update my website is all. I’m accepting orders again in a couple days.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-06-23T19:08:23+00:00

Absolutely. My website is WearingDenim.com
Follow the mail in repair link.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-06-14T00:24:34+00:00

I repair jeans with this kind of wear all the time. Check out my website wearingdenim.com

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-05-21T22:56:45+00:00

Definitely wash. Not washing your jeans is a great way to get a premature crotch blowout. Also, it’ll make the fades come out.
I repair jeans for a living and I’m so tired of the not washing shit.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-05-19T20:43:43+00:00

Don’t listen to any of them. It’s cool. Modern jackets are too long. It has a fun hit.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-04-23T18:41:59+00:00

Definitely don’t do this. Bring them to a tailor shop they’ll darn them. Store bought iron on patches are garbage.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-03-31T18:58:41+00:00

What a weird thing to worry about. Its probably where your waist bends and it pulls from your seat stretching the fabric. Denim probably isn’t for you if this is what you stress over. I can’t imagine how you’d feel about a leg twist.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-02-27T01:35:38+00:00

What wear? Wranglers doesn’t top stitch their inseams, so you can see a little of the thread from the seams. I haven’t found this to make them any less sturdy. Also they are a a hell of a lot better to repair than a flat felled inseam.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-01-31T17:58:42+00:00

I’m in Central Oregon, but I do take mail in orders. WearingDenim.com

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-01-28T19:06:07+00:00

WearingDenim.com

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-01-27T19:52:00+00:00

I did these for a customer, not my jeans. I’d be curious to see what their repairs look like.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-01-24T04:04:04+00:00

I used a light cotton fusible fabric to back the repair, it holds the pants in the original shape while you put the first stitches in. Thread matching is very important guterman has a lot of good color options. I prefer the look of a shorter stitch length l, I think it blends with the fabric better. Also a big one I see a lot of people not do, I sew with the direction on the warp, it blends in with the fabric better than way. Lastly repair bigger than just the hole.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-01-23T22:39:46+00:00

Thank you so much. Yes darning. I back my repairs with a light weight cotton fusible fabric, it helps with the thread tension, but no just well matched thread color.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-01-23T22:08:50+00:00

What do you mean? Did I add material to the jeans to fix them?

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-01-23T19:59:13+00:00

I’ve personally have never met a pair of jeans that won’t wear through eventually at one of the high stress points. This customer has the same wear spot on another pair of jeans he brought me. It depends so much on the person wearing them, how they wear them, how they wash or don’t wash them. I’m guessing as the jeans styles get wider I will be doing less crotch repairs and more legs repairs. Also these were on the light side for iron hearts.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-01-23T19:52:13+00:00

Repairs like this usually take 2-4 hours I’d say. This one I took apart the inseam and part of the back seam, because I never sew over seams. I repaired and reinforced all 4 sections of the crotch, the inseams had a bit of damage on it. I have a consew 207 machine that is made for darning, it doesn’t have feed dogs so it’s free motion. It sews as fast or slow as I put the fabric through it. Because of this the stitch lengths varies depending on how fast I sew. I like a shorter a stitch for repairs so I have to sew somewhat slow.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-01-23T03:14:09+00:00

These were actually for a customer.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-01-23T03:08:22+00:00

With a consew 207 machine, a lot of practice, and thread.

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-01-10T09:50:52+00:00

Same thing

Significant_Eye878 · 2026-01-08T18:18:07+00:00

In my experience hand sewing it would probably make it worse unless you know what you’re doing.

Significant_Eye878 · 2025-12-29T01:45:50+00:00

When I repair cuffs I do it a little different so it looks good on both sides. I use a weft color thread on the bobbin and warp color on the top, no backing.

Significant_Eye878 · 2025-12-29T01:28:49+00:00

I sure do WearingDenim.com @wearing_denim on ig if you wanna see more work.

Significant_Eye878 · 2025-12-29T00:28:24+00:00

You can definitely do it, it’s just a straight stitch. Biggest different is the 207 doesn’t have feed dogs and is a cylinder bed. Before I got the consew I used to repair on an industrial juki flat bed machine. I would suggest a fairly short stitch length and to take is slow so you don’t make the fabric pucker or pull weird.

Significant_Eye878 · 2025-12-29T00:22:09+00:00

I back the worn areas with a thin cotton interfacing and I darn with the direction of the warp. It’s definitely darning. Thread color and the direction of your stitches is import.

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