Woven cotton as a patch? Hi all! I’m quite new to mending; especially visibly. I have dabbled in hand and machine sewing off and on since I was old enough to be trusted with a needle, but I’m definitely not skilled. 

One of the projects on my list is a pit of my husbands jeans that are quite torn up. Link in comments. I think he’d really like them to be patched with black and white printed cotton behind them. But will it need to be hemmed? It seems like it would be. I don’t currently have a sewing machine so this will all be done by hand. I’d love to get away without hand hemming it, but I also think hemming it could end up really bulky. Thanks in advance!

Ps I was looking at ordering some scrap fabric off Etsy for this job. We don’t really have anything on hand to sacrifice for the job.