Patching my husband’s jeans: third pair, second round

What I did:

Before

Almost a year after my initial patching, my husband had worn additional holes in the jeans.

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closeup view of jeans with existing patches and finger pointing to new hole under pocket

Before: my finger is pointing to a new hole that had sprung up in one of the front pockets.

closeup of jeans front with exiting patch and small new hole over pocket

Before: the fabric on the other side of the jeans had also gotten worn above the existing patch (due to my husband making very good use of his pockets).

closeup of upper front side of jeans, by pocket, with finger pointing out rip in side seam with rough, preliminary sewing to tack the rip down.

Before: the side seam by one of the pockets had now burst open, again due to the pockets always being filled. I did some preliminary hand stitching, just to tack it down.

After

closeup of one side of jeans front under pocket, showing new (navy blue) and old (pale denim) patches

After: I added a second round of patches — this time in a navy blue twill, as I had run out of denim patches.

closeup of one side of jeans front under pocket, showing new (navy blue) and old (pale denim) patches

After: here's the new navy blue patch on the other side.

closeup of side seam of jeans, by pocket, showing new navy blue patch covering ripped seam

After: I also patched over the rip in the side seam.