GreatCaesarsGhost
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Mon Aug-30-10 07:36 PM
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Iron-on repair patches for clothes. Are they still available? |
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i remember them as a kid. i need to save a pair of jeans.
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Mon Aug-30-10 07:58 PM
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1. Yes, I've used them within the last two years. |
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I think I got them at walmart.
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Mon Aug-30-10 08:03 PM
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irons no longer exist
just kidding - I have seen the patches at my grocery store (Safeway)
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Mon Aug-30-10 08:11 PM
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3. Thanks to both of you. |
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I've never been to walmart but will check Safeway.
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Mon Aug-30-10 08:19 PM
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4. I still find them at the fabric store, and if you don't find any... |
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Stitch-witchery and a piece of any cloth works great. Also activated by an iron. I love that stuff.
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Mon Aug-30-10 08:43 PM
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6. Would you say Stitch-witchery works better? I agree with ThomasQED that patches peel |
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Edited on Mon Aug-30-10 08:43 PM by marzipanni
after several washings, probably due to the dryer heat, though I dry everything on the lowest setting. Next time I use an iron-on patch I'll try hanging the pants to dry.
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Mon Aug-30-10 09:05 PM
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7. Let's just say that I have a hippie maxi skirt from the 60's with |
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a stitch-witchery patch (on the inside), and it has been washed hundreds of times. It's still holding. I think it may depend on the fabrics used and how well you melt the stitch-witchery. Make sure you get it all the way to the edges, and use a paper towel between iron and jeans.
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Mon Aug-30-10 08:29 PM
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they don't stick on very well.
I tried that (can't sew) and they all started peeling up from the edges within a few washes. At that point I sewed the edges and that worked... but doesn't look so great.
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Tue Aug-31-10 06:40 AM
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9. Sew them with decorative stitches in contrasting colors |
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And they will look cooooool - just like my jeans from the 60s did!
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Tue Aug-31-10 05:17 AM
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8. You need to air dry the jeans after you patch... avoid hot water as well |
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anything hot will loosen the patch over time!
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Tue Aug-31-10 01:57 PM
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10. And here I thought that the holes in clothes... |
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had become fashionable. ;^)
Glad to hear that they are still available.
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Tue Aug-31-10 02:58 PM
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11. Didn't that go out with the mullet? or did I miss something...? |
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