Old Jeans? Turn Them into Shorts!
0 Comments Published by BluDragoness on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 at 6:41 AM.
Nothing beats those old school pairs of denim jeans that girls and guys alike used to wear all the time in the early and mid-90s. They were cut-off jeans, usually around the knees for guys and a little higher for the girls. They looked as if they actually had been cut with a pair of scissors and just thrown own one morning torn and looking like they were torn apart. In all likelihood, this is the exactly what happened.
If you have an old pair of jeans, and want to turn them into shorts, it's fairly simple. First, make sure you have an old pair of jeans, no sense in destroying a good pair of new jeans. Next, make sure you have scissors, blue thread and a needle; you'll need the thread and needle later. Then, put the jeans on at your waist level "don't sag your pants whether you're a guy or girl for this part" and with a permanent marker, draw a straight line on the front and back where you want the length to be. This will be your guide for your next step: Cutting the jeans into shorts. Take the jeans off, lay them down on a flat surface and cut slowly making sure to follow on both sides where you marked with the marker this way you can get the length you want. It's always better to be safe and sorry, so, make sure you go for a little longer than you actually want, you can always cut down later if you must.
Once you've finished cutting them, put them back on and see if you're okay with the length. If it fits your taste, then, you can either skip the next part or keep them as is so that they look ragged and worn. Overtime, they will begin to look more worn as you wear the pair of newly made shorts more, but you can always change that with the needle and thread. Some people just don't want to look ragged and worn, so, if that's your case, take the needle and thread and fold where you made the cuts and sew it to the jeans. Make sure you don't lose too much length when you do so and use a thread color in the blues to match the jeans and not look out of place. The effect you're going for now is denim shorts, as if they came that way, but if you mess up that's okay, too. It's a trial and error process to find the perfect new shorts from old jeans.
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