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The Boulevard of Broken Jeans - The Unit 2 Repair Thread

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    JoshC
    IHUK Crew
    @IH-GARY
    Joined: 18 Nov 2021

    @IH-GARY thanks mate, definitely something I would like to do and have a few ideas, and with the team helping with certain repairs etc it should make these video more of a possibility.

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      Lynne
      IHUK Crew
      @JoshC
      Joined: 26 Jan 2019

      @JoshC Great video - more, more!

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        JoshC
        IHUK Crew
        @Lynne
        Joined: 18 Nov 2021

        @Lynne haha thanks Lynne, maybe we should do a duet video, special guest segment haha

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          jtaylor69
          IHUK Crew
          @JoshC
          Joined: 28 Jan 2019

          @JoshC you make it look dead easy! a video alternating between the two angles will be good, top down and also from the front.

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            jonpwn
            Raw and Unwashed
            Joined: 23 Mar 2019

            wow holy guacamole what an amazing thread!! @JoshC beautiful work!! The cone on the Singer looks like so much fun to work on. I'm still fiddling with a reverse switch!

            Some questions for you if ya don't mind

            -how many shades of blue thread do you have besides the two in your video?
            -the cotton you use for patches, is that the same cotton fabric used for IH Pockets?
            -regarding patches, do you find that they help prevent tears from spreading further down from the holes you repair? As you can see in my photos below, the warp keeps breaking further down the length after each repair reinforces a section. I don't use patches, but maybe I should..

            Here are my 888's. All DIY repairs but i've definitely learned a few things from your repairs that i'll have to try next. Never thought about following the twist of the yarns to make the repair blend in, i've always gone perpindicular to the weft. On one hand it's kind of my signature repair look, on the other it's starting to be very noticeable. Only recently did I get a second spool of baby blue thread to help hide the repairs.
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              m4xime
              Raw and Unwashed
              @JoshC
              Joined: 22 Oct 2024

              @JoshC Really enjoyed watching that!

              WTB:

              IHSH-369-GRY (M)

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                JoshC
                IHUK Crew
                @jonpwn
                Joined: 18 Nov 2021

                @jonpwn Ooh, we have a few different blues. From what I can see and use fairly regularly, I have six different blues in rotation at the moment, going from a pale ice blue to an electric blue and navy. The one I'm using in the video is my most used blue, as it has a slight grey popping through it, which helps blend it for many different fading stages.

                No, so the fabric I use for the patching is lighter. I prefer to use a lighter fabric in general compared to something thicker, especially if the patching fabric is heavier than the fabric itself. It can cause denim to bobble out, and it doesn't look great. In my opinion, the lightweight fabric is just there for an extra piece of reinforcement. They definitely help, but it doesn't make it indestructible, and again, using something too thick along with darning can cause more strain on the denim around the affected area, so I prefer to use something a little bit lighter. If you catch the hole early enough, you don't need to, but if there's a clear breakage or the denim is super thin, then it's worth using a patch.

                I do go perpendicular in some cases, especially for big knee repair repairs, as I have done for a previous repair, which is pictured up top. It is hard at times when choosing which thread to use because if the denim hasn't faded much. You have a lot of that deep indigo still in place. You could go for a navy that would blend in nicely, but with age and time, the jeans will still fade, but the thread used won't, so you can end up with a dark navy repair job with nice faded-out jeans, same if you go light on dark jeans you may be stuck with a clashing of light and dark until it fades into the denim, if this makes sense.

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                  JoshC
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined: 18 Nov 2021

                  Iron Klaus has a helper in the workshop today with @Freeman sorting out an old patch we had spare from an unusable pair of relove jeans for a customer on his worn-in pair.

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                  last edited by JoshC 4 Feb 2025, 14:55 2 Apr 2025, 14:54 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 5
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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    Good men. I always used to do that by hand....... 😞

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                      JoshC
                      IHUK Crew
                      @Giles
                      Joined: 18 Nov 2021

                      @Giles oft, yeah I have done before when I first started, but got freeman to sew down the edges to help keep it place before using the flat stitcher.

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                        JoshC
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined: 18 Nov 2021

                        Been a super busy few weeks here at HQ, but I am back on the repairs and 12 heading out the door tomorrow, that I have got sorted today. Feels good to be back on the machines and getting all your jeans fixed up again.

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