My niece, Lily, has always had her own unique sense of style. We enjoy doing sewing projects together, especially refashions. She asked me to help her refashion a pair of jeggings (denim stretch pants). She came up with the idea herself, asked Mimi for some lace and asked me to put it under the holes in the knees. We also created one more hole so she could add more lace.
I don't know how she came up with the idea-- she's only 8 1/2 and isn't on Pinterest yet, which is where I saw the idea! :) I bought a pair of jeans from my favorite local store-
Brick House Boutique- that were already frayed. (Yes, I paid for jeans that already had holes in them.) I love the frayed look, but I ripped one of the frayed parts on my thigh and now my skin pushes out the hole when I sit down. It is not a flattering look! I knew I wanted to patch the hole with lace.
With Lily's, I just sewed the lace in as the patch. I did mine a little different. I sewed my lace to some scrap denim. I pinned my piece inside the jeans. I used jean thread in my bobbin and stitched around my patches. Since I used the jean thread, you really can't see my seam. The only place I can tell is on the top and bottom of the patches and one place where I didn't line my patch up to cover the frayed hole. I'm sure no one else will notice... as long as you don't tell!
I'm really happy with the way they turned out. I may have to make a few more holes and patch them the same way!
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