I looked several places for white jeans to dye into a fun color like fuchsia, lemon yellow or teal. They fit when I tried them on @ the store, but when I got home, they were too short, but they fit otherwise. So, I decided to turn them into a cute pair of white shorts! Check out Make it- Love it for some tips!
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Supplies:
- denim jeans/ pants to turn into shorts
- tailor's chalk, chalk, or washable crayon
- fabric scissors
- sewing machine
- Washing machine AND dryer
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| BEFORE: |
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| Try your pants on inside out and with your marking tool, draw a line at the length you want your shorts/ capris at. |
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| Take them off, fold them in half so the waistband is at the top, and cut an inch (or less) below the mark you made. |
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| Now decide if you want a regular hem (like jeans), a rolled hem (like some shorts) or a frayed edge- ends are not hemmed, but frayed. - That means the shorts won't come apart at the ends. If you want a regular hem, just Google how to sew a double fold hem and repeat for both legs. For a rolled hem, put on the shorts right side out, roll up evenly on both sides to desired length and sew on each side. For the frayed edge, continue reading below. |
Set your sewing machine stitch length a few settings shorter. Sew a line down each leg opening of the shorts, not creating a hem. Throw them in the washer AND dryer and the denim will fray up to the line you stitched.
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| Well, they turned out really awesome! |
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