Repairs & Modifications
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Anyone here got some photos of how they have repaired tears in the front pocket bags, specifically up at the top along the seam/stitches? My 14oz OD’s blew both out in three months, it’s only going to get worse. I can’t see a great way of doing this besides replacing the entire pocket bags.
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@nrtphotos I will see if I have any pictures if not, Im sure I will be doing some repairs today so I will try and get some photos for you. But what I would do, is add another piece of thin cotton on the outside of the pocket but on the inside of the jeans (if this makes sense), and then have that piece of cotton come through the tear on the pocket bag, this will help reinforce the pocket and help keep the pocket usable, I would also unpick the yellow stitching on the pocket so I can darn the fabric together. and then restitch the yellow thread back along the pocket, but being OD you may want to use a more tonal thread as the yellow/gold thread will be very obvious.
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@nrtphotos Here we can see a pocket that has come away from the seam. so what I would do first Is unpick the gold stitching just past the the tear itself.
2: using a piece of thin but strong fabric, I have place inbetween the pocket and the denim on the inside then through the tear on the pocket so the fabric pops out the other side then with a little bit of fabric glue I have placed on the pocket to hold this all into place and then cut any excess fabric off. (you can use a thicker material if you want but I would be cautious doing this as it may cause you to get a pocket outline where the pocket has become much thicker)
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Using a similar colour thread to the denim, I have darned the pocket and denim together to give that area extra support.
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I have then Flat stitched the pocket around the edge of the pocket bag, to give it move protection, this one in particular had some holes forming so this should help a little bit.
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I have then stitched the yellow thread back into the jeans to recreate that original finish as best as we can. It is slightly visible that this has been done but what scars dont.
I hope this helps and if you have any questions dont hesitate to get in touch.
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@JoshC thank you for a very detailed response, much appreciated. Couple questions:
1 - How do you just darn the edge of the pocket like that? I would have thought it would go through both sides of the pocket, not just the outer edge.
2 - Do you fold over the edge of the new material along the mouth of the pocket or just trim the raw edge?
3 - Any possibility of a picture of the inside of that darned edge/pocket?
Thanks!
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Does anyone know of any specialty denim repair experts in Canada? If not I will send my two pairs to IH headquarters for repair
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@dechant I have a couple that look like good options in Canada for you that might be worth reaching out to, and seeing what they say, obviously I'm always happy to take in jeans for repair I just request that they are freshly washed and you will need to fill out the repair form here. Here is a small list of places in Canada I will leave that below for you.
Dutil Denim which is one of our stockist do repairs they have two locations one in Vancouver and one in Toronto-https://dutildenim.com/pages/hems-repairs-alterations?srsltid=AfmBOorpA7efCLpla5WMP5UdsGEnu-DT0HqSCCFPX0_ua2N-HescPxmf
There is a guy in Toronto as well which I follow on IG and it looks good https://www.torontodenimrepair.ca
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@nrtphotos I didn't im afraid and I have already sent them back to the owner, If I get another one similar I will load up a photo for you. But essentially what I have done is put the pocket through the arm of the darning machine and darned over the top, so it has sewn the pocket and the top layer of denim together that way it doesn't sew the pocket together.
as for the new piece of material I fold that back along the inside of the pocket, ill try and get another couple of photos so you can see.
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One more summer for my trusty 888s
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Splash of bleach to SBG wash?
(Allow me to preface the following by saying I’ve spent a long time achieving fades the slow and old fashioned way. But in the true spirit of denim, I like experimenting with new techniques to achieve a variety of results.)
When I first saw EllaHarp — a singer-songwriter who also makes her own jeans — demonstrate the results of a “splash of bleach” method on her 888s, I was surprised and impressed. This was a far more vintage-looking fade than any of my jeans looked like with heavy wear.
After a year in Texas, including a long, hot, humid summer, my 21 oz indigo IH denim had already started taking on beautiful whiskers and other cool fades, so I decided to experiment. The 777s had high contrast knee fades which I wasn’t a fan of (even tho I love my two young kids!). I hoped this “splash of bleach” technique could even out the difference and make the knee fades less obvious.
Using about 50 ml of bleach in my washes every 1-3 months has resulted in a very gradual change that evolved into absolutely stunning and complex vintage-style fades with a million hues of blue. The texture was also different than, for example, the thigh fades achieved without chemicals. It’s really not too dissimilar from what she shows in her photos.
This also had the benefit of smoothing out the contrast with the knee fades, making me fall in love with these jeans more than ever.
Question: would the same method cause a similar effect with my 8301 SBG 777s? Or will the sulfur-dyed fabric react differently? I don’t need super high contrast fades, but I like that middle ground, and these SBGs are really showing some character after almost 12 months of regular wear.
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Here is a recent mod to my bibs. I have been running the @denim-dawg kilt pin hack a for bit and loved how it tapered things up when I didn't have my big boots on. I got a snap kit and was doing some shirt mods, so I thought I would give it a try on my pants. These bibs have not been hemmed, so I typically double cuff. Now I have the option to double cuff and run a snugger pin cuff that stays in place. 1st photo is just straight up, second is unsnapped with a double cuff and last is snapped with a double cuff. Really happy with the options now with different footwear.
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Chain stitch hemming, any cause for concern
Happy New Year all!
I’ve been rocking my 21 oz 634s since the start of the cold season here, and after their first wash I decided to get my jeans hemmed as I wanted to go for a cleaner look on this pair specifically. Unfortunately, my local shop had some issues on the initial hemming which resulted in a skipped stitch on the union special, causing the chain stitch to immediately start unraveling as it got snagged by some friction on my shoes.
Since then, the chain stitch has been redone a total of 3 times (I want my iron hearts to look good and feel good!!!). In the below photo, I keep looking at these end loops left out after the final hemming (good otherwise, no skips). Is there any concern with these loops hanging loose? One is in the overlapped section of the stitch, but the other is at the end of the stitch I believe. I’d love to not have to take them in again.
Regrettably, I should have gotten them hemmed by IH when I first purchased them as I did not experience any shrinkage in length, and I would’ve much preferred the tied-end, Poly-thread that IH uses (my 14 oz are factory hemmed and have held up amazingly).
Any advice would be great, thank you all!!
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Hi there,
The finish actually looks pretty good, doesn't look like anything to worry about, if it was me I would take a lighter to those end loops to just seal it off, like we do here at IHUK
Some extra words of wisdom from @Ross below
We used a poly-cotton thread this half burns - half melts these ends off sealing the ends better than a tie-off or what it looks like they done here and tucked the ends back in (?, honestly its a little hard to tell from just pictures).
I'd be tempted to do the same here, take a match or lighter (carefully!) to those loose ends to just burn them off so they don't catch on anything - other than that the the stitching itself look solid -
@hello_4lex Post/question moved here.
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@Jack appreciate the insider info Jack. My local shop uses 100% cotton thread, I assume this leaves the burn method out of the question?
As for finishing, I believe they just do the old school overlap (roughly 1.5-2” of stitch overlap) and snip the ends.
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@hello_4lex No worries, just wanted to keep posts of similar nature together. It’s all a learning curve.
