If you have gaping holes in your jeans that you do not want to completely cover up with darning or patches but enough to make it decent, the white thread solution is an excellent option. The classic ripped jeans with the white thread exposed is a cool look that is iconic – usually holes are ‘made or ripped’ this way. But not every hole is that lucky.
So, you can re-add those threads this way👇, mimicking the look of the distressed jeans thread.
So where is the white thread in a blue jeans coming from?
Denim is made with a weaving technique called “twill,” where the blue threads go up and down (warp) and the white threads go side to side (weft). The white weft threads are mostly hidden under the warp threads, so what you see is only the classic blue of denim. When the denim wears out or is cut or distressed, the indigo threads break down, the white weft threads become visible with a hole that you may or maynot want to fix.
That’s how you see those white strands exposed in distressed jeans—they’re just the leftover parts of the fabric that didn’t get torn.
So here is my jeans – I had previously cut it off, to give it a w’hole’some look. But I don’t want that look anymore.
You need a thick cotton thread to resemble the denim thread.
Now sew across the hole, ensuring that the thread is not stretched too tight nor is it too loose.
From the inside of the jeans, insert the needle through one edge of the hole.Take a small stitch to the inside, about the size of a grain of rice. Stretch the thread to the other edge of the hole. Make a small stitch on that side. Stretch thread to the other edge. Repeat till the white thread evenly fills up the whole hole space.
Watch the video to learn how to do this :
An alternative method and the easiest is to buy a thread patch. This is an iron-on patch with the white thread stretched horizontally- you just have to attach the patch to the back of the hole. Voila, the hole is covered with the loose threads.
