Patching my husband’s jeans: third pair

What I did:

Before

These jeans had holes in the pocket, crotch/butt, and legs.

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jeans with holes in coin pocket and on leg

Before: holes in the pocket and leg/hip

closeup of hole and worn denim in coin pocket and pocket of jeans

Before: closeup of pocket holes

closeup of hole on leg of jeans

Before: holes in the leg

large holes in but/crotch of jeans

Before: holes in the jeans' butt/crotch

After

I patched all of the holes with exterior patches in slightly contrasting shades of denim. That's what I had available: the patches were "harvested" from older pairs of jeans and scraps of denim fabric.

Front of jeans with patched coin pocket, pocket, and patch on leg

After: patches covering pocket and leg/hip holes

closeup of patches on coin pocket and pocket of jeans

After: closeup of pocket patches

back/but area of jeans with patch on but/crotch

After: patches fixing the jeans' butt/crotch holes

jeans with small patch on leg, along seam

After: patch over bottom inside leg hole

Right front of jeans with a denim patch sewn on a few inches below the pocket

After: patch over leg/hip hole