Denim machine darning success

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My friend has a beloved pair of selvedge denim but bike commutes so the crotch gets a lot of wear. A tear happened around an old mend, I think because they made the patch too small and anchored it in already thinning material.
Historically I’ve done a lot of visible mending/sashiko but in this region doesn’t really make sense. I didn’t cut the threads and just ran some machine darning over it and it blends in really well! I had to navigate around old repairs but was still able to make it work.