Monster Pant Patch

I am quickly realizing just how hard little boys can be on a pair of jeans. Bennett ended up with a hole in two pairs within a week. Because it is late in the season and I am not wanting to buy a bunch of new pants when shorts are on the horizon I decided to patch them up. This was way easier than I thought it would be and ended up so cute! Also, little skill is required. This is the first patch I have completed and I am proud to say it has been two weeks and they are still holding up!

What You Need

1 pair of Pants (with a hole of course)

1 sheet of White Felt (for the eyes)

Embroidery Thread

Needle

Heat'n'Bond

Red Cotton T-Shirt

White Cotton T-Shirt (if making teeth)

What To Do

1. Gather all of your materials. I used an old shirt of Liv's that she was growing out of for the patch. The cotton was soft and perfect for the patch. I also purchased my felt from the local craft store. Once the felt is washed it does look worn but I like the look with the torn jeans.

2. Trim the hole in the jeans. I enlarged mine just a little bit so that the red cotton was more exposed once patched.

3. Cut out a rectangle large enough to cover the patch from the red cotton t-shirt. Be sure that the rectangle is large enough that the Heat'n'Bond can adhere to the patch and denim as pictured.

3. Cut out two eyes from the felt. You can either use a fabric pen to draw on the eyes or embroider the eyes yourself. There are a lot of great tutorials online for quick and easy embroidery stiches (I used the split stitch to embroider my eyes). Also, it doesn't have to look perfect for a monster which I love!

4. Sew on the eyes like so...(I just stiched around the circumference of the circle quickly).

4. Turn your pants inside out.



5. Cut out your teeth from the cotton (I originally used felt and it did not hold up as well once washed). The pants also look adorable without the teeth if you are wanting to skip this option. I learned the hard way and soon found myself using a bit of Heat'n'Bond to affix the teeth to the pants as pictured.

5. Iron on the Heat'n'Bond frame to the red cotton and then iron onto the pants as pictured.

6. Turn the pants right side out and admire your work!

7. Try and get a nonblurry picture of your handsome toddler modeling his new denim. Ha....didn't happen! :)