Ever wanted distressed jeans but didn't want to spend the money for them? PERFECT! Go grab an old pair that you never wear from your drawer or go thrifting for a new pair like I did! However, if you go thrifting for a new pair I definitely suggest washing them first!
Materials:
Tweezers
Sandpaper
Scissors
Pen (not shown)
Step One: Before you start to distress your jeans go try them on. While they are on you will want to mark lightly with a pen where you would like to distress your jeans.
Step Two: Now that you have marked where you want to distress your jeans, you are now going to make your first cut. Depending on how big you would like the distressed area to be varies on how many cuts you will be making. For every cut you want to make sure they are about an inch apart. Shown below I have made four cuts.
Step Three: Once you have made your cuts you are going to begin distressing your jeans. Grab your tweezers and pull out a piece of thread. As you do this make sure you are pulling out the navy or blue pieces of thread not the white ones. DO NOT PULL OUT THE WHITE THREADS! As you begin to pull out the navy or blue threads it will be difficult so try not to rip them but it will become much easier after a few pieces have been removed. Continue to do this until all the navy or blue threads are out and you are only left with the white threads. Do this step to each of the cuts you have made.
Step Four: After you have distressed your jeans now you are going to grab your sandpaper. As you probably noticed the top and bottom cut are very plain and looks a little awkward. You are going to take your sandpaper and sand down the top and bottom cuts. Do this until it starts the fray. Once it starts to fray you are going to grad your tweezers once again and pull the WHITE (not navy or blue this time) threads ONE BY ONE (or this wont work) starting from the outside and dragging the thread to the end of the cut. Once you have moved your frayed pieces of white thread to the side you are now going to start in the MIDDLE (not outside like before). Take your tweezers and try to grab the white piece of thread closest to the end and pull gently with your fingers until it reached the edges. BE CAREFUL so the white thread doesn't rip! Do this until you are satisfied with the look.
Step Five: Repeat the following steps for every distressed area you may want.
Step Six: Finish up any final touches you may need to make and ENJOY your NEW JEANS!
XOXO,
Caroline