Make Your Own Unique Jeans
All kids recreate their jeans, but what can you do to make yours more unique? Jeans are the perfect canvas for your creativity; everyone gets to see your work!
Steps
- Find a black or brown pair of jeans. Everyone else seems to be wearing blue.
- Design your jeans with a single theme, color, medium and technique.
- Pick a theme of interest, such as music, flowers, hearts, stars or symbols.
- Choose a single color, such as red, blue or purple. Consider light and dark shades of each color.
- Choose a single medium, such as fabric paint, Kool-aid dye or Rit dye.
- Choose a single embellishment, such as beads or buttons.
- Choose a single technique, such as painting, stenciling, stamping, sewing, embroidering, crocheting or beading.
- Be more specific.
- Choose a single item to sew, such as patches or cut-outs.
- Choose a single piece of fabric, such as lace or a cotton print.
- Think of possible combinations of your single choices:
- Embroider the back pockets and front lower legs of the black jeans in blue, using musical notes.
- Scatter blue, lace patches over the black jeans.
- Add heart-shaped cut-outs to the black jeans. Replace the center of each heart with red print fabric.
- Crochet red Crochet Trim Onto the Edge of Finished Fabric to two pockets and the hemline of the black pants.
- Scatter violet beaded stars over the brown jeans.
- Stencil one pant leg of the brown jeans with blue dye, using a particular symbol.
- Stamp dark brown paint in vining trails along the outer seam of the brown jeans, using a small symbol.
- Add small, red buttons along the front pockets and lower outer seams of the brown jeans.
- Change the hem. Cut zigzag or wavy lines along the hem and let it fray.
- Finished.
Tips
- Colors may gradually fade each time your pants are washed.
- You may also want to add a tablespoon of honey in your washer each time you wash to prevent fading-add iodized salt to help.
- Ask your mom or friends for help. Projects are fun to do together.
Warnings
- Use caution with liquid chemicals or dyes.
- Be careful with scissors
Things You'll Need
- Jeans
- Sharp sewing scissors
- Sewing materials
- Beads, ribbons, buttons, fake flowers, stickers (optional)
- Glue
- Paperclips or clips (to fasten some things on)
- Glitter
- Logos of shop brands and fabric from it
- Card
- Stencils
- Paints
- Velcro (get it wherever, ask for a metre or so..)
- Any scraps you can find
