My four-year-old son has an awful habit. Well, he has many bad habits because…he’s four! The problem I want to address is how he likes to put holes in his pants at the knees. I don’t know how he does it because whenever I ask, he mumbles some crazy kid speak. You know, when they answer your question without answering it at all. “Um because that’s what I did, and then the hole went pow, ” he told me, and I’m an expert interrogator (seriously), yet I can’t crack my son. So I purchased all these nice jeans for him, and in a manner of days (yes, DAYS), he managed to put holes in the knees. You would think he crawls over sandpaper all day!
I don’t like holes in jeans, nor do I like iron-on knee patches. They’re not “cool,” so I found a quick fix to repair holes in clothes without any sewing. Here is a hole in my son’s jeans, and this is the more pleasant hole mind you.
The slightly frayed but still connected hole in these jeans makes them an excellent candidate for this project. For no-sew projects, I use “Heat N Bond Medium Weight Iron-On Fusible Interfacing White.” That’s a mouthful, but it’s a fabric where one side has glue on it that melts with heat. Trust me; this is very easy.
Materials and Tools
- Iron-On Fusible Interfacing
- Iron
- Ironing Board
Take the item that needs the repair in my case it is my son’s jeans turn them inside out and cut out a square the size of the hole. Since there is a whole, we have to do a two-step process.
Cutting the Fusible Fabric
First, we cut a piece of the fusible fabric that is the exact size of the area we are closing up. Place it over the hole shiny (glue) side up. You should see the white fabric in the hole.
Next, we cut a larger piece that covers at least 1/4 an inch beyond the hole. Feel free to make this second piece larger because the denim will hide your patchwork. This only works with a stiffer fabric, so don’t do this with something like a cotton shirt. If you are using another type of material that may be softer or lighter, then I would stick with 1/4 and inch. Place that piece shiny (glue) side down.
Iron It On
Now you’re almost done! Go ahead and iron it down. You will have to check the setting on the package directions. Or if you’re like me, you iron everything on high! Seriously, make sure your setting is correct so that the glue can adequately fuse and won’t lift.
You’re all set! Here are my son’s jeans once I finished. See how it has that nice white instead of a hole? And it looks like I bought them that way!
Now, you may not need to do two steps. Maybe you have a tear that’s linear or the denim has the cotton fibers still attached. In that case, you only need to turn your garment inside out, line the edges of the tear up or smooth out the fibers and place the fusible tape glue side down. It’s like taping the edges of two sheets of paper together. And you’re done! And now my friend I send you out into your world of closets to find more holes that you can fuse together lol!
