This is my grandson, Jonah Bear. At 5 1/2, he’s smart and funny and wonderful.
{Hi there, Jonah Bear. I love you, buddy. You light up my life.}
He’s really hard on the knees of his jeans. Oddly, just the left knee. It’s his knee of choice, evidently. Jonah Bear L-O-V-E-S his blue jeans. What he doesn’t love is holes in his knees, so My Baby brought a few with her at Easter and asked it I could take a crack at patching them. Here’s what I came up with:
{One, two, three. Three - ah, ah, ah.}
A funny kid deserves funny knee patches. Don’t you think? Something like this. Something that says, “Oh, please don’t go! We’ll eat you up; we love you so!” Can you name that book?
{Don't let the sharp teeth fool you. This guy's a pussycat.}
Or this. Peek-a-Boo! I see you! I’m a little concerned about how these buttons will feel if he slides on that knee. We’ll have to see how this one plays out.
{I'm calling this guy Bashful Buttons.}
And this last one? He’s a cheeky little monkey. All attitude, this guy.
{Double & Triple Stitched - because you know someone's going to pull on it.}
To make these, you’ll need some colorful felt, a few buttons, and a sewing machine. There’s no pattern. I just free-handed it. But I will tell you that it’s MUCH easier to stitch the pieces on to the background color before sewing them into the jeans. If they won’t fit over the base of your sewing machine, you can stitch them by hand. It will take a little longer, but it will work.
Now I just need to box them up and send them to Jonah Bear. I wish I could see his face when he opens them. I have a feeling he’s going to crack up laughing. Man, I love that kid!
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