r/Visiblemending • u/vietoushka • Mar 02 '25

OTHER Was told this belongs here!

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u/HoneyJojo16 Mar 02 '25

Love this!! Great quilting work. I can’t quilt but I want to flare out some of my old skinny jeans too.

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u/Miserable-Feedback74 Mar 02 '25

Like a secret door to a funkier world.

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u/Pookie5858 Mar 02 '25

What a fabulous way to personalize a pair of jeans. I love the idea of using quilt patterns. Are you a quilter also? Thanks for sharing.

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u/vietoushka Mar 02 '25

I am! These were scraps from some of my quilt projects.

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u/weird_elf Mar 02 '25

ooooh you're giving me ideas! That looks amazeballs! I'm not a quilter but crochet should work nicely too ...

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u/kruljam Mar 03 '25

That's what I was thinking!

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u/GnowledgedGnome Mar 02 '25

I absolutely love this!!

Did you do anything on the inside so the seams don't rub on your legs?

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u/vietoushka Mar 02 '25

It’s lined, I don’t feel any rubbing from the two exposed seams along the edges of the triangle either though.

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u/CameronFrog Mar 02 '25

i love that this generation hates skinny jeans this much

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u/Dubbs444 Mar 02 '25

You’re a genius

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u/895145 Mar 02 '25

Awesome idea

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u/Deadinmybed Mar 03 '25

One girl does pants or jeans for people (they send in the pants) on Etsy and she charges $75 to make them bell bottoms with cute patchwork style. Adorable!

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u/QuiziAmelia Mar 02 '25

What an amazing idea!

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u/derangedgossip Mar 04 '25

This actually just 100% reinvigorated my interest in the side inset jeans thing. I did this back in the 90s and my memories of that were mostly horrible (IMO) calico. These are absolutely awesome and I will absolutely be copying this idea.

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u/Pining4theFjord Mar 02 '25

Could you possibly post a shot of them from the front? Thanks in advance!

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u/vietoushka Mar 02 '25

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u/Pining4theFjord Mar 02 '25

Thanks! They’re so cute!

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u/Chrysuhliz Mar 06 '25

You did such a great job fitting the triangle inserts. I’ve tried this before and the pant legs didn’t hang as well as yours do.

Well done.

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u/vietoushka Mar 06 '25

Thank you! It was dumb luck. I think some of it is the slight added stiffness of the inserts since they’re quilted.

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u/Yansae Mar 02 '25

I never saw a repair/change like this. Awesome!

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u/yahtrickyamato Mar 02 '25

Did you open up the inseams to sew them on?

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u/vietoushka Mar 02 '25

Yeah I left detailed instructions in the top comment of the quilting post :)

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u/Flecca Mar 03 '25

Wow, the colors fit together so well with the denim!

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u/Deadinmybed Mar 03 '25

Yes! I do make these a lot! Fun and easy and cute!!

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u/Prestigious_Bread306 Mar 03 '25

these are great! did you put any lining behind the quilting? I feel like the seams would drive me crazy.

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u/vietoushka Mar 03 '25

Yep, it’s quilted to a lining. There’s a detailed construction comment in the quilting subreddit post :)

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u/HandMadePaperForLess Mar 02 '25

So cool! Really great execution

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u/cbunni666 Mar 02 '25

This is so cool

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u/RaphaTlr Mar 02 '25

Awesome!

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u/7cats-inatrenchcoat Mar 02 '25

Fuck that's cool. Well done!!

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u/Alarmed_Coyote_3568 Mar 03 '25

Allmostsaidthat when I saw it.

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u/lovein144p Mar 03 '25

Oh my! It's fabulous! I love this idea.

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u/Longjumping_Week4092 Mar 03 '25

Bro I think you need to make the full pair 😦

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u/RadicalNoel Mar 03 '25

!! Thats so impressive, it looks amazing!

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u/Skinnersteamedmyham Mar 03 '25

This is so cool!

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u/waltzing-echidna Mar 03 '25

What a terrific use for quilting scraps! This definitely belongs on r/ImprovFiberArts. Do you mind if I crosspost?

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u/PurplePortkey Mar 03 '25

Ooooh they look gorgeous! 😍

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u/-Joyismymiddlename- Mar 03 '25

Oooh yeah that’s awesome!

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u/trembling_leaves Mar 04 '25

i don't know much about sewing or quilting, is this possible to do with just regular patterned fabric and hand sewing? i'm a sewing machine hater and avoid them at all costs

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u/vietoushka Mar 04 '25

Totally! My instinct would be to maybe choose a stiffer, heavier fabric so the insert doesn’t collapse closed, but there’s tons of tutorials out there for adding inserts to jean side seams, I’m sure you’ll get a better idea from looking at some of those what the result would look like with different fabrics!

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u/trembling_leaves Mar 04 '25

thank you! :)

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u/Practical-Chance2218 Mar 04 '25

Those are awesome!

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u/kamarsh79 Mar 04 '25

I love these so much. I would wear the hell out of those!!

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u/HorrorSwordfish5433 Mar 04 '25

OMG, I'm doing this! I am so tired of all my skinny jeans but hate the idea of tossing them. Thanks for the inspiration!!!!

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u/Glittering-Loan6637 Mar 04 '25

This is so cute!!!! 🥰

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u/Claire3577 Mar 06 '25

My sister and her friends used to do this to their jeans in high school in the early '70s. Super cute then, super cute now.

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u/sh4dowfaxsays Mar 03 '25

This is so clever! Well done. 👏

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u/AllLightsFuckedd 27d ago

This is genius!!