DIY Ideas To Renew Your Old Jeans

 

    Experimenting with your old fashion pieces has been always interesting for all women. We are pretty sure that you all have old jeans that was your favorite ones but maybe they are out of fashion. Look at the photos below and make it. Enjoy!

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In this topic you will learn How to Make Distressed Jeans

D.I.Y. DISTRESSED JEANS

Dying to get in on the distressed jean trend, but not willing to shell out major cash for ripped designer duds? It's fun and easy to turn even the oldest, most unfashionable pair of jeans into bohemian-chic attire. Your tools may vary depending on the degree of distress you want you jeans to have, but most of the options are probably things you have around the house anyway. Start at Step 1 to create your first pair of home-distressed jeans!

1- Select the perfect pair of denim. A pair of truly perfectly distressed jeans happens over time, as wear and tear breaks down the natural fibers of the denim. In order to create this look on your own, the jeans you start with must already have a bit of a worn-in look. Avoid dark wash jeans, and when possible use a pair that have been worn quite a bit already. A medium or light wash pair that has been softened by time is perfect for this project. Visit your local thrift store to pick up a pair for cheap if you aren’t willing to cut up a pair you already own.

2- Choose where you want the distressing to be. Put on your jeans and use a pencil or washable pen to mark on the jeans where exactly you want the holes and distress marks to be. Mark the location and the size of each patch that you want to create. When you take the jeans off, you will have a visual guideline for how much distressing you need to do in different areas

3- Find a solid surface to work on. Place a block of wood (or some other solid surface that you don't mind possibly damaging) within the pant leg or denim region you want to distress. This will make it easier to work on your jeans, and prevent ruining the other side of the pant leg. 

4- Choose your tools. Distressing your jeans can be done using a variety of tools. Try an assortment of items, including (but certainly not limited to) a cheese grater, sandpaper, pumice stone, a serrated knife, nail file, a shaving razor, and scissors. Anything with a rough edge will work perfectly for this project.

5- Make "distressed" holes. Instead of using scissors to cut holes in your jeans (which results in a clean and un-frayed cut), try to use one of the tools above in a vertical direction vigorously enough that a whole is formed. Once you have one, roughen up the edges with sandpaper or a nail file, or by using the edge of one of the scissor blades.

6- Soften or add fraying to pockets, hemlines, knees or any other area. Use sandpaper or a nail file to make the grain (or the diagonal lines running through denim) look less pronounced and more fuzzy. For extra effect, do this over areas where there's a stitched seam. 

7- Add bleach. Bleaching certain parts of your jeans will make them look extra distressed, and add an interesting visual dimension to them. Dampen a sponge with bleach and rub it around the outer edges of holes. Put some bleach on the bristles of an old toothbrush, then use a finger to pull the bristles back so that the bleach splatters the denim. Additionally, you can add a bit of bleach to an eye dropper to add small dots over your jeans.

8- Wash your jeans. Putting your jeans through a wash cycle will help the fraying become more pronounced, as well as setting any bleach you used. Wash on cold and dry on low.

9- Reinforce your patches. One of the keys to perfectly distressing jeans is reinforcing the holes and patches that you made to prevent a lot of further ripping in the future. Holes that go un-reinforced will widen into gaping tears after a few months of wearing and washing, and become a little less chic. Use a white or denim colored thread in a backstitch or straight stitch around the edge of any holes that you made to keep them from spreading. If you have a particularly large hole, add iron-on backing to the inside of the leg and sew over it. This will stabilize the rip and keep it at its ideal size.

10- Finished.