Iron-on repair patches for clothes. Are they still available?

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

i remember them as a kid. i need to save a pair of jeans.

[undeterred]

1. Yes, I've used them within the last two years.

I think I got them at walmart.

:hide:

[Kali]

2. yes. but

irons no longer exist




just kidding - I have seen the patches at my grocery store (Safeway)

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

3. Thanks to both of you.

I've never been to walmart but will check Safeway.

[Curmudgeoness]

4. I still find them at the fabric store, and if you don't find any...

Stitch-witchery and a piece of any cloth works great. Also activated by an iron. I love that stuff.

[marzipanni]

6. Would you say Stitch-witchery works better? I agree with ThomasQED that patches peel

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.

[Curmudgeoness]

7. Let's just say that I have a hippie maxi skirt from the 60's with

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.

[ThomasQED]

5. Yes, but...

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.

[csziggy]

9. Sew them with decorative stitches in contrasting colors

And they will look cooooool - just like my jeans from the 60s did!

[JCMach1]

8. You need to air dry the jeans after you patch... avoid hot water as well

anything hot will loosen the patch over time!

[hayu_lol]

10. And here I thought that the holes in clothes...

had become fashionable. ;^)

Glad to hear that they are still available.

[JCMach1]

11. Didn't that go out with the mullet? or did I miss something...?

LOL

[Liberal_in_LA]

12. lol n/t