Difficulty

Easy

Steps

11

Time Required

                          15 - 20 minutes

Sections

1

  • Reverse Applique Patch
  • 11 steps

Flags

Worn Wear

Patagonia and iFixit are celebrating the stories we wear by collaborating to provide guides for Patagonia’s most popular apparel repairs.

  • BackPatagonia Jeans

  • Full Screen

  • Options

  • History

  • Save to Favorites

  • Download PDF

  • Edit

  • Translate

  • Get Shareable Link

  • Embed This Guide

  • Notify Me of Changes

  • Stop Notifications

Introduction

For replacement parts or further assistance, contact Patagonia Customer Service.

What you need

Step 1

              Reverse Applique Patch
  • Examine the damage. Clip any long threads, and remove any debris from the hole.
  • Measure the damaged area.
  • In our case it looks to be 2" by 2".

Examine the damage. Clip any long threads, and remove any debris from the hole.

Measure the damaged area.

In our case it looks to be 2" by 2".

1024

Step 2

  • Draw any the shape you’d like your patch to be on a piece of paper. Be sure your design is at least 1/8" larger than the damaged area.
  • Cut out your design.

Draw any the shape you’d like your patch to be on a piece of paper. Be sure your design is at least 1/8" larger than the damaged area.

Cut out your design.

Step 3

  • Lay the cutout of your design over the hole in the jeans to make sure that it is the correct size and looks how you want it to.

Lay the cutout of your design over the hole in the jeans to make sure that it is the correct size and looks how you want it to.

Step 4

  • Using a pencil, pen, or tailor’s chalk, trace the design onto the jeans.

Using a pencil, pen, or tailor’s chalk, trace the design onto the jeans.

Step 5

  • Cut the design out of your jeans.
  • Be sure to only cut one layer of denim, or you will cut through the back of your jeans and need two patches!

Cut the design out of your jeans.

Be sure to only cut one layer of denim, or you will cut through the back of your jeans and need two patches!

Step 6

  • Take the scrap of fabric you will use for a patch and insert it into the hole.

Take the scrap of fabric you will use for a patch and insert it into the hole.

Step 7

  • Slide the pant leg with the patch over the arm of the sewing machine.
  • You may need to remove the sewing machine table for the pant to fit over the sewing machine.
  • If you are still having trouble getting the pant around the arm of the sewing machine, you can rip the side seam of the pant leg to allow room to sew.
  • Be sure that the pant leg is around the arm, and that you are not accidentally sewing the two layers of the pant leg together.

Slide the pant leg with the patch over the arm of the sewing machine.

You may need to remove the sewing machine table for the pant to fit over the sewing machine.

If you are still having trouble getting the pant around the arm of the sewing machine, you can rip the side seam of the pant leg to allow room to sew.

Be sure that the pant leg is around the arm, and that you are not accidentally sewing the two layers of the pant leg together.

Step 8

  • Adjust the sewing machine for a zig-zag stitch.
  • Set the stitch length to just under 1/2.

Adjust the sewing machine for a zig-zag stitch.

Set the stitch length to just under 1/2.

Step 9

  • Align the edge of the patch with the center of the pressor foot.
  • Be sure that the patch is laying flat.
  • Lower the pressor foot.
  • Begin sewing the zig-zag stitch, following the edge of the hole so that the zig-zag stitch covers the area where the two fabrics meet.

Align the edge of the patch with the center of the pressor foot.

Be sure that the patch is laying flat.

Lower the pressor foot.

Begin sewing the zig-zag stitch, following the edge of the hole so that the zig-zag stitch covers the area where the two fabrics meet.

Step 10

  • Sew all the way around the patch.
  • Overlap the stitching at the end with the first two or three stitches.

Sew all the way around the patch.

Overlap the stitching at the end with the first two or three stitches.

Step 11

  • Lift the pressor foot and needle.
  • Slide the pant leg off of the arm of the sewing machine.
  • Clip any threads, and admire your work.

Lift the pressor foot and needle.

Slide the pant leg off of the arm of the sewing machine.

Clip any threads, and admire your work.

Cancel: I did not complete this guide.

                                                                                      5 other people completed this guide.

Author

                                      with 4 other contributors 


                    Brittany McCrigler

Member since: 03/05/2012

87,796 Reputation

                                      132 Guides authored                  



                       Badges:
                       48







                                                        +45 more badges

Alisa - Nov 27, 2013

Reply

To keep the pattern from entirely fraying or catching on things, it may also help to flip the pants right-side-out and sew again around the pattern edge with the zigzag or a flat stitch.

Meenal Raval - Dec 20, 2020

Reply

worked! i’ve been wearing these torn pants for years. thanks so much!