I have had my favorite jeans on the mending pile for, oh, several months. I have randomly moved them around, trying to put them in my line of vision so that I will focus and mend. Ha. I have had them on my coffee table - right, smack-dab, in front of me for over three months. I have even moved them to get at my reading material. I finally pulled up the worn (and also in need of mending) BGPs and got to work.
I like the result. These were my very best, favorite Sylvie-given jeans, and I have missed them. They were pristine until I tripped on the vet's pot-holed driveway, while holding an injured Butter Pat. Needless to say, I sacrificed the jeans (and my kneecap) and kept a firm grip on the stinker. For a while, I tried to convince myself that torn jeans were au currant - and they were, if you were 18.
I am now declaring them All The Rage.
And I wore them to work. I am now hoping for more tears - without harm to my person - so that I can continue my creation.
27 comments:
Very artistic! Very clever of you!!
Thank you, Lynne. It's like having a fancy knee pad.
I bet you could sell them $50.00 easy.
My daughter just got her first pair of pre-torn jeans. Age 13. This post reminds me of my work shorts still sitting on a table waiting for a button to get sewn back on.
We'll see ripoffs of your style soon in The Gap at outrageous prices.
Nice!
Hair´s breadth...width of a hair! Love your blog, I´ve been following you for ages.
Tres chic. You might be on the cusp of a fashion trend.
Now THAT is a classy mend! Hmmmm, I have some things I could send you . . .
Reminds me of a tale I'll tell. Years ago, my parents gave Papa Pea a very nice, all wool, navy blue bathrobe for Christmas. One chilly evening he was ready for bed, jammies and bathrobe on. Trying to warm up after taking a shower, he snuggled his rear end up up next to the wood stove. Yep, melted a nice big hole in the bathrobe (and left a mess on the stove, too). I patched the hole with a big, red heart.
Hey....hm...
Go see on that button! No excuses!
LOL! Is that what they call mixed metaphors, or am I losing my hearing, along with everything else?
Susan, now that would be a first!
I love this story so much.
Thank you, Nancy!
Do you think I can sue? :)
Why not? You work for lawyers! ;-) Nice to be the only one in the office so you can wear jeans, huh?
Hmmm; my understanding is that wool doesn't melt, it burns (eventually, but it takes awhile). Maybe not "all wool"?
Effing brilliant!
Aww, c'mon, you mean you don't want the precisely placed rips and tears and fake worn spots and fake paint spots on your jeans like all the youngens' out there? Next you'll be telling me you don't want to wear the Hunter boots or Blundstone boots, or Birkenstocks with your gorgeous homemade socks to go with them! -Jenn
High praise, coming from a fiber artist!
What? Wearing my Birkenstocks with my socks is a thing?
I see someone beat me to 'hair's breadth'. nice mend job. I finally patched the hole/tear in my western style purple plaid flannel shirt this year after wearing it with said hole/tear for years.
I’m not sure if I don’t like “Hare’s breath” better. I think I’m going to stick with it. I’d like to see that shirt – I like western, and I love plaid flannel.
Oh, yes indeed, well up here in Ontario with the highschool crowd (not sure about university - I'm probably three trends behind on that!)
Yep! The next new trend. Pre-torn jeans AND pre-patched. Before you know it they will be selling them pre-dirty as well. hahaha. Nice job.
Nice work ! I laughed when I saw the pic as this Saturdaybour Simple Living group had a lovely workshop,on this very thing.
I had found some French designer jeans in a charity shop and they had decorative patches on them (wore them to a meeting) so the coordinator patched some old jeans and showed them as a workshop offering.I will send a link if I figure out how to do that.
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