Another up cycle project ... love these and I am so proud of designing them, haha!
Who in the world has a pair of jeans like this eh?
The original idea I made up along the way.
My son gave me a pair of jeans, I picked him these up from Jack and Jones a few years ago in the sale, The colour was just not for him so he never wore them.
He told me to put them in the charity bag but a brand new pair of jeans that had never been wearing was just a waste... Yes!?
With my son being over 6 foot tall, the were too long for me. I love the colour, so I thought they would look good as 3/4 jeans.
Cutting them down I came up with an idea, that leads to another...
Then the star jeans were created...
Before~
What you need~
- An old pair of jeans or a pair you will never wear!
- A 3/4 pair you like to cut your jeans to the same length.
- Pinking shears.
- Star cookie cutter.( that you will never use for cookies)
- Bleach.
- Pot and brush for bleaching.
What I did~
- Rolled the 2 turns down on my favourite 3/4 jeans and place on top of jeans I want to cut down.
- Cut just under line (so not to cut other jeans) with pinking shears.
- Test bleaching skills on a bit of material that is wasted!
- Bleach all around inside of star for full star effect, or put the cookie cutter into bleach then press onto jeans for just a star shape.
- Decided a pattern before starting, bleach can not be undone.
- Best to put something inside jeans like a bit of card? I forgot and it did go through to the back, but lucky for me I stared over these.
- Place random stars all over the front and then back with bleach.
- Be careful not to drip bleach onto jeans (again I did!) as you don't notice when wet but do when dried.
- I added a few random star shapes on pockets.
- Lastly, I bleached lines with brush down jeans, around pockets and around tops for more effects.
- Leave for a few hours to bleach, you will notice them changing from an orange colour to a creamy colour.
- When at a colour you like to pop into a quick wash and leave to dry.
- Iron and put back 2 turns back at bottoms.
Remember~
Stars don't have to be perfect, do they? they would just look to shop brought!
Random patterns make them all the more unique and much more fun :)
