What You Will Need:
- pair of too short jeans
- fabric scissors or just really sharp ones :)
- needle and thread (optional)
- iron (optional)
- bleach (optional)
- razor knife (optional)
- put your pair of jeans on
- using a marker, mark where you want to cut them (NOTE: make the cut about 2-3 inches longer than the length you want the shorts to end up)
- take off the jeans an lay them out flat
- using your scissors, cut straight along the mark you made ON ONE LEG
- then, fold the jeans in half hot dog style, line up very evenly, and cut the other leg along the line you already cut.
- now you have a pair of shorts. Below are some options to make them more attractive or spice them up!
Bleaching denim gives it a distressed look. It lightens the fabric to create cool effects. Here are some things you can do with bleaching!
- tie dye bleaching:
- scrunch up your new shorts and place rubber bands in different areas completely randomly.
- Fill a spray bottle with 1/2 bleach, 1/2 water, and lightly spray denim
- After about 10 minutes, unwrap shorts and see if it is faded enough for your taste. if not, leave it for a little longer.
- when it is sufficiently faded, wash them!
- Fill spray bottle with a mix of bleach and water. The ratio depends on how faded you want this to be
- Spray certain areas. The ones that look best would be around the pockets, cuffs, and very lightly on the legs.
- Wait until it is sufficiently faded, then wash!
This will give your shorts a neater appearance.
- Simply fold up the bottoms of your shorts twice, aka double cuffing.
- If you want to, use needle and thread to sew the sides of the cuffing so they don't come undone.
- I recommend ironing the cuff to keep the creases stiff.
This gives your shorts a worn, and well, distressed look.
- Simply take a sharp razor knife, and repeatedly swipe across the fabric so there is slight fraying and tears. I don't reccomend making large holes in your shorts...
Have fun and don't forget about our contest in the previous post!