Multiple patches and buttonhole repair on a Carhartt jacket
Before
This jacket had many, many, many holes, rips, and tears.
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Before: as you can see, I was one patch in once I remembered to start taking the "before" pictures...
Before: three of the button holes were torn.
Before: the fabric of the collar was worn.
Before: the sleeves also had holes and worn fabric.
Before: the pocket flap had a hole and the velcro needed to be replaced.
Before: a hole in the pocket.
Before: more holes in the pockets.
Before: the fabric at the bottom hem of the jacket was worn, with many small holes.
Before: several buttonholes were frayed.
Before: here is another picture of the frayed buttonholes. Some of these buttonholes were so frayed that it was impossible to button up the jacket, and my client had to close the jacket with a safety pin, which you can see in this picture. There were also just lots and lots of little bits of wear and fraying all over the jacket, as you can see at the very top on the buttonhole side.
After
I sewed, by hand, many, many, many sturdy cotton patches in green and olive tones and mended the buttonholes.
After: Here's a picture of my client modeling the jacket.
After: here's a side view of the patched jacket.
After: here's a back view of the patched jacket.
After: a closer front view of the jacket.
After: closeup back view of collar and shoulder patches.
After: closeup back view of collar patch with collar flipped up.
After: closeup front view of collar and shoulder patches.
After: closeup front view of collar and shoulder patches.
After: small patch and mended buttonhole on the front of the jacket.
After: closeup of a mended buttonhole.
After: several mended buttonholes.
After: patches on the pocket and bottom hem.
After: patches on the other pocket and bottom hem.
After: a closeup view of the bottom hem patch.
After: a closeup of the bottom patches on the other pocket.
After: a patch and replacement velcro on the inside of one pocket flap.
After: a patch and replacement velcro on the inside of the other pocket flap.
After: I fixed the hole in the pocket so that you couldn't stick your fingers through it or lose anything. That's my hand in the pocket, pressing against the patch from the inside.
After: a patch all around the sleeve.
After: patches on the other sleeve.
After: another picture of my client modeling the jacket.