Monday, 11 June 2012

New Shorts From Old Jeans : Creative Mondays Blog Hop...




Hello and welcome to Creative Mondays hosted by Clairejustineoxox and Judyh-jsThoughts where you can link up all your creative post each week.... what have you all been up to this week?



 This week I've been making new shorts from old Jeans.I looked on the web on how to bleach jeans and this was a great post on what to do ehow-How Bleach Denim Shorts

Here is what I did...


Got 2 pair of old jean that were no longer any good ...


Cut 1 pair to the length I wanted them just a little under for fraying...


I cut the second pair second pair a few inches longer so I could turn these up...



The second pair I random tied string around to create a tie and dye affect...


I then put old clothes on and glasses on (in case I splashed any bleach ) and rubber gloves on so I could put the bleach on and spread everywhere but I didn't want the corner to get bleached...


I bleached the front and back then left the on a carry bags for a hour.As it was a red hot day the were dry ( on a cool day or with thicker jean as these are lightweight ones maybe a bit longer) then I turned them over to dry the other side maybe I should have put them on the line so both side would have dried the same...

Then I placed them a few hours in a bucket of warm water,then a bucket of fabric condition.After a while I placed in the washing machine on a quick wash to get rid of the bleach smell...



I was going to rip them a little but being light weight jeans they ripped themselves...






Now all I need is the sunshine to come back so I can wear them...





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32 comments:

  1. Gosh! I haven't thought about doing tie-dye since I was a student! Forgot how good it looks. Fingers crossed for some good weather some time soon.

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  2. You have certainly shared a great idea Clairejustine. I remember doing tie-dye at high school. It is good to be co-hosting again. Have a wonderful week.

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  3. Cute! My mom always did this for our jeans when we were growing up.

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  4. I just might do it with an old jeans-skirt
    It's a wonderful idea!

    Thanks for hosting Claire

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  5. They look great you've done a great job there.

    Thanks for hosting again.

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  6. Great use of old jeans. Glad you liked the diet cartoon. I will link something up to your hop. Have a great day.

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    1. Great thanks for linking up,yes that was so funny :)

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  7. Good idea! Yours "new" shorts look very nice. Hope you have good weather soon. . .we certainly wouldn't mind it here!

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  8. Love your new shorts! Hope you get to wear them soon!

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  9. Great looking shorts!!! Thanks for hosting this always great hop! Have a great week.

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  10. i sooo want to try doing that to some denim cut offs! but like you say, we just need some nice weather again!!

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  11. Cute shorts! We tried bleach a few weeks ago but I guess I didn't leave it on long enough so we ended up using tape & spray paint ... they look awesome! I'm posting them tomorrow. pippa
    www.shopwithpippa.com

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    1. Ohh I will stop by and take a look :)

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  12. that is such a great idea, i actually did that to a chambray top years ago - I wish I still had it!

    Xo Megan

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  13. Thank you for hosting another great party! Loving those shorts! (I grew up in the 70's and these bring back great memories:)

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  14. Great Jeans refashion! Wish I could share the Texas sunshine with you :)

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    1. Thank you,ooh please send us a little over :)

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  15. The shorts turned out very cute! Thanks for hosting!

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