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Found these old boot cut Joe jeans and decided to make them into skinny distressed jeans. It took me about 2 hours to complete and it's easier than I thought (with exception of the sandpaper part.)
What you'll need:
1. Jeans
2. needles
3. Sandpaper (heavy grit preferable)
4. Scissors
5. Sewing machine (to turn the jeans in to skinny leg of course)
6. Washing machine
Step 1: To make the skinny leg, align the jeans with a comparable pair of
skinny's you already own. This will ensure the proper fit without all the guess work.
I took an old pair of express skinny jeans, turned them both inside out and aligned them together. The extra material left on the original jeans is what you'll be cutting.
Step 2: Pin where the jeans match up. Meaning, pin where the excess material shows on the jeans your altering.
Step 4: Begin cutting outside (about 1/4 inch) where you placed your pins to get rid of the extra material and then begin sewing.
Had it not been for my stupid sewing
machine that kept jamming, I probably would have been done with this portion in 10 minutes.
Step 5: Now here's probably the most time consuming part (if you don't have a stupid sewing machine that
continuously jams of course.) First, cut the jeans (horizontally) in the areas you want distressed. Keep in mind the idea here is less is more with this look.
Next, turn the jeans inside out, grab some heavy grit sand paper and get the rubbing.
Definitely turn the jeans inside out for this process or else you'll ruin the part of the jean that's not being distressed. This takes
alot of
vigorous back and forth but when done right, it gives the perfect natural distressed look.
Step: 6 Throw those
jammies in the wash (twice will probably do the trick and cause the threads to unravel even more.)
After 1 wash cycle
Now cuff em so they hit right above the ankle. They'll work perfectly with a nice peep toe shoe and...
Fini!After
Here's what I spent:
Jeans, Joe jeans from the thrift = $5.50
Sand paper= $2.00
Total cost: $7.50
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