Monster Jean Patch

Jeans are expensive.  Kids are not as willing to wear patches in their jeans anymore.... were they ever willing???  Anyway... I discovered last year that Benny would wear a patched pair of jeans if I did something fun to it.  This is my "monster" jean patch.

The thing that's nice about this is that as long as you have some sort of fabric scraps laying around the house and some basic sewing supplies, the cost is $0!!!  Right up my alley!!!

Supplies:  A pair of jeans with a hole in the knee, fabric scraps, scissors, needle, thread (I decided that it needed something extra and I ended up using fabric paint as well but it's really up to you if you want to use that or not.)

Step One:  Clean up the hole by cutting the strings from in/around it.

Step Two:  Cut a piece of fabric slightly larger than the hole

Step Three:  Put the fabric under the hole and add some rick rack to look like teeth and pin in place.  

 Step Four:  Sew around the hole (I decided to use bright green but you can use a blue or something that will blend in with the jeans) making sure to secure both the fabric and the rick rack in place.

Step Five:  Using fabric, buttons, felt, etc... add some eyes.

Step Six:  I used orange embroidery floss to secure the eyes in place and add some more color.  You can use a matching color of thread.  That's the fun thing about this... it's really completely up to you!

Step Seven:  The last time I made these I stopped at step six but this time I thought it looked a little too plain so I decided to paint a little something extra with fabric paint.  

When I was done I thought maybe I should have stopped at step six but Benny liked them so I have decided to count these as a crafting "win".

I did these after I got home from work while my husband was cooking dinner.  (Don't get too excited he decided to cook Macaroni and Cheese with Sausage but it's the thought that counts.)  My point is that they are quick and easy and even though these didn't turn out, in my opinion, as good as the last ones did... they still saved a pair of jeans that would have otherwise been sent to Goodwill.  Hopefully we will get a few more wears out of these before I have to buy some more.