Patched Jeans

This is my favorite pair of jeans.  Why they now have a hole in the backside, I will leave to your imaginations, but let's just say, I was going to take a picture of the hole with them on, but after trying them on, the hole got two sizes bigger.  You won't have to use much imagination here...

This is a shirt I have that I really like the pattern, but let's face it, its been sitting in the back of my closet for a year and I have not worn it.  Commence jean patching.

I have zero sewing talents.  I really mean zero. I have bought numerous numerous crosstitch patterns to make sweeping beautiful landscapes that all end up in the back of my closet.  For some reason, when I took crosstitching class as a 2nd grader, my teacher instilled way too much false confidence in me and I keep thinking I am an amazing sewer.  Unfortunately, the only thing I have ever successfully sewed for use was the straps on my ballet shoes and the stitch was 1/2 of an inch.  We don't have much to work with here, just letting you know.

Well, today, I decided that I was going to try my hand at patching.  Given my history, I am not sure why, but I tried anyway.

....AND I succeeded!  I patched my jeans with a bunch of random stitches (no telling how long the patch will actually hold) and wore them to the park with June and Annie on the playground.  Then... three well-meaning ladies/moms at three separate times (probably after they all secretly got together and laughed at me) came and told me I had a hole in my jeans ....

Moral of the story: do not put a patch on the inside of your jeans with fabric that looks like it could be underwear.