There are a lot of hazards that come with winemaking. Stained, calloused hands, wine everywhere, and many others. This includes ripped jeans! There are a lot of things sticking out to catch on your clothes – like the staples on barrels. When barrels are stacked at multiple levels, as they usually are, the second level is just the right height to catch on my hair. And the staples on the first level of barrels are at the PERFECT height to catch on my jeans at midthigh. At first, this was just a nuisance, causing little rips that made my jeans my own pair with a naturally distressed style. Then one day, between two barrels that were extra close, a staple caught on one of those mini rips and made a BIG hole.
Ok, fine, a little hole, maybe I wouldn’t wear those jeans anymore. That was fine though, I had other jeans. Just a couple weeks later though… I tear a hole in another pair of jeans! Another big one. That’s two pairs down, and I don’t have endless pairs of pants. My first thought was that I needed to go to the thrift store to get some cheap jeans that I don’t mind ruining. But I was also frustrated to give up on two otherwise perfectly good pairs of jeans! I started looking up ways to patch jeans but remembered I didn’t have any of my sewing supplies with me. However, I had just been to a store that also had some crafting supplies, so I thought I’d check it out and get some inspiration.
Well I hit the jackpot and found denim patching material! Aaand it was iron-on! This was ideal actually, no extra tools necessary and I was able to patch it up. While not the most creative, it was a great quick fix. Unfortunately, the first one was not that great and started peeling after the first wash. Luckily, I had another pair to practice on! Below is the second process I used, hopefully an improvement over the first!
Also decided to repatch the failed first attempt! 
I cut off the extra and created a new patch to iron over it.
Simple steps for an iron on patch!
Cut a generously sized patch (lesson learned from before) 
Round the edges so there are no corners to catch and lift (another previous mistake)
Preheat the area with an iron set to cotton setting (an important step) 
Press down on patch for 1 minute 
Turn inside out and press from inside for 1 minute
Not bonded all the way so I pressed again on the outside 
Et voila!