I have a denim short pant I made from my old jeans long long ago. As long as I remember I did so as the jeans got a hole on the right knee as always.
Since I like it and wore quite often in the summers, the side parts were fraying 😅
First I made zig zag stitches on the fraying parts to make the fabric stronger. And I took a flower motive from my favorite embroidery book, which my mother sent me as my birthday gift some years ago.
I started making embroidery really after a while. I think last time was when my daughter started going to day care. I liked the meditation-ish process, making stitches in silence.
Ja but as denim is tough fabric and especially the side part with few layers, my fingers don't want to do it so long. More over I ran out of the white thread.
Yesterday I found blue and brown threads in my sewing box. I made a leaf on a fraying part and stamens and pistils with French nut stitch.
I will go to buy white thread and some more colors. It's fun to do embroidery. I'm happy to start my journey in a new needle work field 😊
もういつ半ズボンにしたのかわからないくらい、昔にフルレングスのジーンズをリメイクした半ズボンがあって、気に入って毎年夏に履いています。日本では私の年格好では履きにくいショートパンツですが（今では違うかな？）、実用主義のドイツでは全然大丈夫です。
子供のジーンズのリメイクと一緒で、膝に穴があいたので半ズボンにしました。なんとなく半ズボンと言ってしまいますが、日本語でもショートパンツというんでしょうか 😅
長ズボンとして、半ズボンとして、何年も履いていると横も擦り切れてきて、直したいと思っていました。ロックミシンで直すのでもいいのですが、何か新しいことをしたくて、ロックミシンをかけた上から刺繍をしてみることにしました。
樋口愉美子さんの本をぱらぱら見つつ、シンプルな花の図案を写しました。この本は数年前に母が誕生日プレゼントにと送ってくれた思い出の本です。この本を手にとると、刺繍も母に習ったなあ、ちょうど子供と同じくらいの歳の頃にアメリカでクロスステッチのキットを買ってもらって刺繍の世界を知ったんだっけとちょっとしんみりします。
デニム生地は厚く、特にサイドは何層か重なっていて手が痛い w 甘く見ていました。白い刺繍糸がなくなったこともあり、初日は花を二つ目まで刺しかけて終了。昨日針箱の中に茶色い糸と緑の糸をみつけて、雄蕊と雌蕊、葉っぱを追加しました。雄蕊と雌蕊の部分のフレンチナッツステッチは初めてで、玉留めをもこもこ追加していくのが楽しかったです。
数年ぶりに刺繍をしていますが、編み物とはまた違った瞑想感があっていいですね。刺繍って「どこにしたもんだか・・・」と実用性の観点からこれまであまりすることがありませんでしたが、花用の白い糸を買い足しがてら他の色の糸も買って、あれこれ試してみたくなりました。
そんなこんなの針仕事の月曜日。よい一週間になりますように！
Hi @akipponn! 🌷This is a very nice and creative way to fix clothes. I really liked the embroidered flowers and they look great on the jean. 🌼
Thank you for your comment! I'm thrilled that you found the idea of embroidering flowers onto jeans to be both nice and creative. Your positive feedback truly means a lot to me. 😊
Beautiful embroidery @akipponn, I'm curious though, can embroidery be used to fix a worn out part of a jean?
Good point, @glorydee. I closed the holes once with zig zag stitches with my sewing machine and made embroidery on the stitches to hide the fixes. But ja, the embroidery may be broken in the end. Anyway the jeans is old and I regard this project as a learning project that is given by the old pant at its end of the life :)
Oh my world, this is so lovely rather than throwing this away you have creatively made it beautiful again.
I love it, thanks for sharing
Happy to hear so monica! Thank you too for your encouraging comment ☺️
That is a great way to fix your jean, with the little beautiful flower embroidery. Nicely done
Hi DIY Hub! Thank you for stopping by ☺️ I'm happy to connect Needlework Monday and DIY community!
I like the idea of continuing to transform a garment that has been with you for a long time, the flowers are turning out very pretty :3
I'm happy to read that you like the idea of transforming a long-time garment. It's truly satisfying to breathe new life into something special 😊
Love that way of fixing the overloved fabric!!
It's a wonderful feeling to revitalize well-worn loved items. I'm sure you know this feeling as I see your repair & remodeling projects 😁
Surely do!😄
Once again, these pants transform to follow their course haha. I loved the idea of embroidering to hide the tears, and the flower you chose looks very pretty. I hope you had fun in the process and that you enjoy your "new" shorts :) ❤️
Haha, @laucamica, you're absolutely right about the pants transforming to follow their course! I had a lot of fun with the embroidering process, and I'm excited to have a new shorts as a result 😁 ❤️
Love your idea with the flowers and the result is so beautiful!
You did a great work @akipponn 😊
I'm happy to read that you like the idea & the result. I'm encouraged to finish the project 😊