Fixing My Curb Found Jeans Over Again

Please note this is not a real tutorial, just showing some basic technique and if you're handy you get how I do it. I used to do this the same way by machine, which is quicker but harder to avoid folds and of course a home device doesn't go sideways which is sometimes needed. Workarounds possible but not easy. I now do this all by hand in front of tv to keep the Man company but spend my time usefully while he watches what I don't care about. I also found that the repairs last as long as. Pics from phone, so not the usual quality.

Pair of jeans here that I most likely found in 2015, but I don't remember exactly which lot. Vaguely remember a suitcase with four or more pairs that were a perfect fit, and being my tiny size that is special. I think this is one of them. I just love it so much I keep mending it. Others as well, but one of them, a stretchy one had to go because cuts in the bum area so wide they were beyond repair. Otherwise it's hard to find affordable pairs second hand that fit so well, and new ones I really can't afford.

Patches go on the back or inside with me and often in a different colour. Kind of creates a look of fashionable pre-cuts worn with dark stockings underneath.

Old patch over the knee has a whole in the middle and there's a new cut below. First action roughly put stitches over the new cut to keep it straight together. Instead of the arm of sewing machine I slide a large glass bottle into the leg.

Roughly cut new patch to fit over cut. Sew from bottom alongside seam, then left and right. And then cut off surplus fabric to fit on top side and stitch close to seam other side. Turn pants over and stitch alongside the cut to fix fabric onto the patch below.

Final result, with a smaller patch to fill the hole in the middle of the first patch. Barely visible! Left side below the fixing of the new cut.

This is the other knee that was still okay. Cuts may become bigger and show more fabric underneath. If needed I will reattach.

Now who wants to spend over €200 for a Hugo Boss pre-cut?