Shorts are associated with hot summer, when you want to substitute your whole body under the bright sunshine. Denim shorts are fashionable, beautiful and stylish. Of course, you can buy ready-made models, but converted from old jeans - is another matter. You will become the owner of a truly exclusive thing in which the warmth of your hands is invested. Plus, save money.
How to trim jeans?
First you need to decide on jeans that will become shorts.
If you want them to effectively cover your ass, then, accordingly, you will have to trim the same tight jeans model. But note that the stretch is not suitable for this because of the special structure of the fabric.
Baggy and loose jeans will become baggy shorts. They make excellent bermuda shorts.
If your jeans have not yet been washed, they will definitely need to be washed. They will shrink, and you will not go wrong in choosing the length of future shorts. Otherwise, your shorts will be shorter than the intended length.
Wearing jeans, determine the length of the shorts. For processing the edge of the product, be sure to add 2 cm (for double processing 4 cm). Cut the line cut with chalk or a piece of ordinary toilet soap.
For ultrashort shorts, the back should be made slightly longer than the front.
On the jeans make marks. We remove jeans and with the help of a ruler draw a line connecting the planned points. On this line, cut off the fabric of jeans. Scissors should be very sharp. Next, fold the jeans so as to combine the cut off part and the one that has not yet been affected by the change. This is how we can make the same length of both pants. We make marks again and repeat the procedure.
If you do not have enough experience in cutting fabric, then do not immediately make the desired length. It is better to practice and measure a little longer than planned.
Change color
Blue shorts can be made blue and even white at home. To do this, use a special bleach for fabric. For one part means you need one part water. Shorts soaked for several hours. If you want to make them lighter, the procedure is repeated.
Bleaching agent can be randomly spilled in water. Then the shorts will be spotted.
The final stage - the usual wash.
Radically change the color of the shorts will help special dyes. The initial stage will be discoloration of the fabric and only then dyeing. Paints are water soluble.
Therefore, they can completely give one color or with the help of a brush and stencil to create a picture. After a quarter of an hour, rinse the shorts in water and dry.
Chic looks so-called ombre effect. It is comparable to the gradient, when similar in tone color smoothly pass from one to another. For ombre, select a maximum of 3 shades.
Fashionable model with doorways
To make a turn, before you cut off jeans, determine its width. If you want to make a 10 cm gate, then just as many centimeters increase the length of the shorts.
After you get rid of the unnecessary part of jeans, brush over the edges with an overlock and tuck the bottom of the product to the desired length. You will only have to iron the gate using an iron with steam.
The lapel on the upper edge can be completely stitched on the sewing machine or grabbed in several places with a secret stitch.
Making a fringed hem
Edge of the fringe to make very simple. Need a sewing needle or tweezers. With their help it is easy to remove the threads located horizontally. Next, brush the edge. Ideal if the length of the fringe is 2-3 cm.
To keep the length of the fringe constant and the fabric does not expand further, lay the machine stitch. She fasten fringe.
Create a curly edge
The curly edge looks very beautiful. To get started, make a template of thick cardboard. It will be a stencil that you want to cut around with chalk, attaching it to the pants. We cut the shorts along the curly line, which we got.
Edge can bend and flash on the sewing machine. If desired, leave it unchanged.
Decor options
Beads, sequins and rhinestones
Rhinestones, beads, sequins will help give your shorts charm. They can put any pattern on the fabric or simply "scatter" on denim. This decor element turns shorts into an exclusive glamorous thing.
Beads and sequins are sewn to the product, and rhinestones are glued.
Embroidery
Embroidery on shorts position on your own. The bottom edge is the place where working with embroidery is easiest.
The embroidered elements on the pockets located at the back look good. But the process is somewhat complicated, so the pockets should be slightly unpicked (lower part). After completing the decor, the pocket is easy to return to its original place.
Embroidery is usually used thread floss.
The selected pattern is initially applied to tracing paper, and then to the fabric.
Lace and textile inserts
Transparent and light lace blends perfectly with denim. It adds romance and tenderness. For decoration, it is used as a special lace, which is attached with a hot iron, as well as a regular one, which can be simply sewn.
You can trim the lace inserts pockets short.
It looks interesting lace trim. To do this, you need a ribbon of lace, which is simply sewn on the bottom.
To make shorts bright and unusual will help inserts from textiles with a print. They can be placed in the form of randomly scattered patches or trim them with a belt.
