Jeans machine darning, less visible (for my client)

What I did:

Before

My client's jeans had holes and worn fabric in the knee and backside. One of the backside holes had been previously mended with an interior patch and machine darning, but the other side of the backside now had holes and worn fabric.

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closeup of jeans backside with hole in left side and darning of previous hole in right side

Before: backside, with hole on the left and machine darned/interior patched hole on the right.

closeup of jeans backside with hole in left side and darning of previous hole in right side

Before: closeup of backside of jeans

closeup of hole in blue jeans, just left side of backside

Before: closeup of hole in backside of jeans

hand pointing to small hole on right knee of jeans

Before: my finger is pointing to the very small hole, surrounded by worn fabric, in the knee of the jeans

closeup of hand pointing to hole in right knee of jeans

Before: closeup of small knee hole

After

For a unified look, I used the same mending technique as the previous mender had used: I patched the jeans with interior patches, and then used my sewing machine to darn over the holes with pale gray thread.

closeup of backside of jeans with matching patches and darning

After: back view of jeans' backside, with both sides patched and darned

closeup of left backside of jeans with patch and darning

After: closeup of the backside hole that I patched and darned

closeup of knee of jeans with interior patch and machine darning

After: closeup of machine darning (with interior patch) that fixed the hole/worn fabric in the jeans' knee

front full view of patched jeans

After: full front view of the jeans

back full view of patched and machine darned jeans

After: full back view of jeans