How to make ragged jeans at home?

Fashion is a relative term. Every month, every week, every day, new concepts come into fashion, so it's very difficult to keep up with it. But despite this, at the moment in fashion jeans with the effect of wear and tear. These jeans in stores are worth a lot, so it's better to know how to make ragged jeans at home. It is for those who want to keep up with fashion and not spend huge sums on this, we gathered in this article all the necessary information to make the effect of ragged jeans at home.

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Useful recommendations for the manufacture of ragged jeans

1. It should be noted that for this experiment only pants from classic jeans are suitable. The density of the used tissue should be moderate.
2. Pay attention to the cut, because too wide jeans will be free to lie, and torn pieces will simply not be visible. But on too narrow models the fabric will stretch, and the incisions will look very, very unaesthetic. The best option, tight jeans. When choosing the size and location of the cut, consider the type of your figure.

Important! Another important point - this brave clothing requires proper care for the skin of the legs, as well as timely epilation.

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Markup and fitting - general rules

The grunge effect on jeans only creates an image of chaos and lightness. In fact, cuts should be done very carefully. Therefore, to get the result you expect and make torn jeans at home, consider these helpful tips:

1. Before you begin the procedure, try on the jeans and mark with chalk or with a pencil in the place of the incisions.
2. You can also mark the line by hanging up the jeans exactly.
3. During the procedure, you can not neglect the intermediate fitting, it is better to modify a little, rather than finally spoil the thing with holes of very large size.
4. Places for cuts are best chosen above or below the knee.
5. We do not recommend you to make incisions on the folds or on your knees, because later on in these places the fabric can tear even more.

So, we begin to create a trendy wardrobe object with our own hands - several ideas how to make ragged jeans at home.

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Preparing the workstation

To make the ragged jeans at home, you will need:

• sharp knife, clerical or the same blade;
• scissors;
• needle;
• sandpaper;
• piece of plywood.

Important! When the desired places of cuts are scheduled, you can start working. At the very beginning, place the plywood under the fabric to be treated, so that you do not damage the reverse surface of the jeans.

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Create torn jeans with your own hands - fashion ideas

Carry out cuts depending on the result that you want to get. There are several variations of the creation at home of the fashionable effect of ripped jeans.

Negligent version in grunge style:

1. We make 5-6 cuts about half the length of the trousers. To make a more careless image, the cutting lines may not be equal in length. If you cut jeans with a pair of scissors, you will get even edges. And for the cuts to look more worn, use a stationery knife.
2. Tear open the incisions by removing a few blue threads.
3. After that, treat the edges of the pants. To do this, cut the hemmed edge.
4. For a torn effect of jeans on the edge, use sandpaper or a piece of pumice stone.
5. Then, in exactly the same way, make a small number of cuts on the pockets of your jeans.

Important! Do not forget to put a board under the surface to be treated.

Ragged jeans in a minimalist style:

1. Make 2 parallel cuts, the length of which will be 5-6 cm. The distance between these cuts should be approximately 5 cm.
2. The denim fabric has a 2nd layer of white threads, and they will help you in this case to achieve the desired result. Take the tweezers, and then start gently pulling out all the blue vertical threads.
3. Remove absolutely all threads from the very beginning to the very end of the cut. In the end, you should only have a white horizontal spot of threads.
4. Do a few such cuts on each pants. You can also adjust the parameters of these sizes to your taste.
   

The effect of shabby jeans

In order to create a more shabby effect, the holes on your jeans can be of different sizes, and are located in an absolutely chaotic order. In this case, the edges of the cut are treated with sandpaper or with the help of a vegetable grater.

Important! You can also enhance the scuff effect as follows. Using a needle pull out a few threads, then unevenly break them. This is quite a sloppy version, which suits young and daring people.

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How to make breeches or shorts out of ordinary jeans?

A fairly simple method of updating old jeans, cut them to the height of shorts or bridges. In this case, mark the height of the future product, and then tear along the transverse thread. In the event that shorts are supposed without further processing, and with torn edges, you will not need to make any allowances.

They are necessary, only in those cases, if, according to the model, it is necessary to make a gateway. For this design, add a few centimeters to the desired length, usually it is about 3-7 cm, and then trim all the excess.

Step by step this process will look like this:

1. Without folds, place ready-made jeans on a perfectly flat surface.
2. Mark with a chalk or pencil a place where you will cut off excess length.
3. Tear off your hands or cut with scissors jeans along the intended line.
4. In addition, make holes or the same abrasions, at your discretion, given that the color of the longitudinal threads will be lighter than the main shade of trousers.
5. Wrap the edges or leave them torn.

The ability to create an individual image is not limited to the options that we have proposed for you. It is enough to show imagination, and also to make cuts on your jeans in the form of figures, or to put a colored fabric under the hole. The outcome of the experiments depends only on your courage, and also the desire to look unique. At home, make jeans with a ragged effect, or with the effect of wear, in the style of grunge, minimalist style - it's easy, and the result will please you with a new fashionable product in your wardrobe.