Jun 1, 2024
Basting Thread as Repair
I had never seen basting thread used this way for repair. I tend to darn jeans then, add a fabric patch.
Results in a super strong repair for areas with wear. The downside is it tends to add quite a bit of thickness to the jeans. Which in some areas is fine, also using a large patch often makes this less of an issue.
A little more digging found this video! (4:25 for the actual repair). It walks through the process in a few more steps. Seems like this is trying to replicate the weave process, with a nice fluffy white weft and have the stitching act as the warp. Will have to try this on some pants sitting in my mending pile.
