Worn Knees on Daughter's Pants

There are all kinds of appliqués available at stores like Joann’s. Other sources would come from fabrics that you put some wonder under on the back of and then fuse to the pants. There are so many very cute fabrics of every theme and cartoon characters form the internet fabric stores too. I used to put hearts on my daughters knees. One thing that will probably help, if your fabric is stretchy your patch should be similar fabric. In this case you would do better not to fuse it, but turn the edge by sewing it to some wash away stabilizer first. Cut a hole in the stabilizer and turn the patch right side out. Sew the whole thing onto the knee as is. Then wash the garment and the stabilizer will disappear. Another tip is to put a patch on the knee before the pant is worn, giving it a double knee before it gets worn out. You get a lot less stretching out this way.

This is so funny, I used to do this to my pants ALL the time.

My Mom took me to then, House of Fabrics, now Joann Fabrics and let me pick out patches (like Strawberry Shortcake or something like that) from the store that I liked and she would design her own with fabric and transfer paper...I for some reason was very into Grateful Dead Bears, and she tracked those down for me at some hippie shop in Venice Beach.

We made it a Mommy and Me project, and it was so much fun!! I would help her cut out the shapes and show her where I wanted them placed.

I do patchwork on my son's stuff now too and it's fun.

Good Luck!

D.

Hi
There are lot of cute, girly iron on patches available. Try your local Walmart or Joanns
Good luck