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James Wallbank at Access Space. www.access-space.org

James worked with Keith on the design of the hexagon pattern for the website. During the process he created a happy hex-art accident: http://microunit.net/gd/websafe/hexart01.php

Also see other hexagonal code works on his website: http://microunit.com/wiki/doku.php

The patch is complete and on the design wall in the Access Space Foyer.

Please upload your photos of you and your patch.

I'm James Wallbank - I'm an artist, educator, computer recycler and open-source software advocate, and I live in Sheffield.

I run Access Space. Access Space developed from Redundant Technology Initiative - an arts group I set up in the mid-1990's.

When I started to make the patch I realised that I hadn't done much sewing since my mid-20's. But before that I was a fairly experienced patchworker. At that time I'd worn the same two pairs of jeans for years and years (since I was about 17). I suspect that this was some kind of fashion statement.

Every time the jeans tore, I'd simply patch a new patch on. At first I was quite careful about colour-matching - I'd try to find pieces of denim that matched the same level of wear as the old jeans. However, as they got older and whiter, I gave up on this, and patched them with any pieces of black and blue material. Initially, I used small patches, but eventually I patched the thighs right across, from seam to seam, with two-inch high rectangles. The tricky bits were the curving sections under the crotch and around the bum. Both pairs ended up more patch than jean - in fact, eventually the only original features were the waist-bands and the shins.

• I also made another patch later.

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