Repairs & Modifications
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Thanks, @neph93. I'm feeling the mad scientist vibe (like @UnTucked) but also hesitant in case it turns out uneven, splotchy, or cause tears/holes. But I do have an old pair of 633s that I'm considering as the guinea pig to test it out. However, I'm just deciding if it's even worth my time and effort in doing so.
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Speaking of sending to Japan. Would it be at all possible to send in my IH-526V-XHS to get bronze buttons added to it? I'm thinking I'd leave the top 2 as snaps and have the rest replaced as buttons, even the side gathers. My mom has an old singer she has used to sew awnings before that had a button hole maker. Or I could pay to have this done. What do you think?
Edit: I'd leave the pocket snaps too.
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Anyone have experience or ever soaked their IH denim in bleach/water to lighten them up?
i think The Lowdown on Denim aka Iron Heart Vienna once bleached or heavy washed some Iron heart jeans by a Italian company. There were some pics on facebook/instagram but that's from some years ago… Saw the pants in his store, washings were made pretty good and jeans still felt heavy - but i was not keen.
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Anyone have experience or ever soaked their IH denim in bleach/water to lighten them up?
yeah, we tried it once but it didn´t meet our expectations ::)
in the end you need to wear it and the outcome will be fine
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Definitely a lovely touch. Is this available for pimpage? If not, it needs to be!
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I can get pimpage buttons, will place an order today…...I pimped my @Kurt-faith jacket a couple of days ago…..
They are the same design as @neph93 's, but sewn on to show a different face…
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Those are lovely. What’s the cost per button? They come in sets?
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Thanks Giles. Hope you have a happy new year.
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555N have a pocket bag come away at the top seam. Put new iphone in what I thought was the pocket and it promptly dropped down the inside of my jeans and landed on my foot!
Anyone any ideas how to fix it ?
My 555N pocket bags are starting to wear through too now, a couple of years in though.
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One of the button holes on my leftie has become threadbare and the stitching is coming away from the denim. Any idea of a fix? Looks like it would be a straight forward job with the right thread and machine.
I'm pretty gutted actually. Just over a year in and 1 soak and wash. Didn't expect any major issues.
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Didn't expect any major issues.
Buttonholes do get fekked. My XHS had a screwed buttonhole after a year. I’ve never done anything with it and it still does the job.
Not saying it isn’t a fault, it could well be, but they are an element of a garment that can be subjected to a lot of stress. It may well be some good old wabi-sabi.
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@Giles here you go. I think it's just probably par for the course with heavy weight denim. The thicker the weft and weave the harder it must be for a finer thread to hold a stitch?
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You can hand-stitch that. It's a tricky stitch to do well, but very satisfying when you do.
https://notebook.historical-tailoring.com/2012/01/hand-tailored-buttonhole-tutorial/
