Patching jeans: part 1

I got jeans. Lots and lots of jeans. Well okay, not that many but jeans are definitely my staple bottoms. However, misfortune has befallen my jeans and they are plagued with... *gasp*... HOLES.

Unlike other pants where holes often mean the death of a beloved pair of pants, many jeans often come with holes to begin with and so those "unintentional holes" can be more easily forgiven... sometimes. What to do when the holes start to look more obvious? Or if you simply just... don't want holes in your pants?

The pair of jeans that first got me thinking about patching actually came with a hole as part of the design but after months of wear and tear, the blue threads that originally partially covered the hole were pretty much all gone. So, after some searching on the interwebs for inspiration, I found this idea that was closest to what I originally wanted to do:

Using a contrast fabric to patch the hole from Junie and Jack

Or even something dainty and feminine like a lace insert!

Tutorial on the forge

Or perhaps something that is more subtle?

PDF tutorial at Kerried Away

Which you could probably jazz up with some contrasting coloured threads like yellows or oranges (even though it's just a darker blue in the following examples)

Photo from Pink Suede Shoe

Some more searching brought up even more creative options:

Patching on the outside? Little hearts? =O

Tutorial by Amy Smart

 Or monsters!!!!

Idea from Inside NanaBread's Head

So many ideas and not enough jeans with holes (first world problems)! Look forward to part 2 where of patching jeans when I actually get around to trying some of these ideas ^^

Which one do you like?