Interesting techniques of custom jeans embellishment
Today we are going to speak about some interesting techniques of jeans embellishment
which might be also helpful for you to reanimate your old and forgotten jeans and create
a second life for your favorite denim clothes.
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First of all, let’s speak about the way you can design your jeans with lace. Lace might also
be useful in case you or your child have outgrown your jeans and they have become to short. Here
is how you can make them longer using lace. You’ll need about 2 meters of lace (for skinny jeans).
Lace you use should have a solid structure so that it is not damage by frequent washing. Mark several
lines on denim using chalk. The lines should be placed at equal intervals. Make cuts. Cut lace in
pieces of the same width as your jeans have and add additional centimeters on stitching. |
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Sew rings
out of lace. Sew down lace rings to jeans using an overlaid seam. Then cut down the cut of the jeans
and repeat the same procedure with the rest parts. The wider the lace you got and the more cuts you have
the longer your jeans will finally become. To create a more balanced look of your customized jeans sew
down pieces of lace to pockets.
However, this is not the only trick you could use to make your jeans longer. Instead of lace you can use
ribbons and pieces of solid cloth. Cut the bottom of your jeans at 5-7 centimeters. Unseam the fragments
and cut fabric details of the desirable length. It is always better to leave some additional spare cloth,
especially when we are speaking about jeans for children, so that this denim creation can later be easily
lengthened once again. Sew the details together so that jeans stripes are placed between fabric fragments.
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Before you start to work make sure that your made to measure jeans were not washed with special softening
solutions. Before sticking termo- rhinestones to the fabric you should also choose the right temperature for
denim by practical consideration. To embellish your jeans with rhinestones in the right way you should follow
the operations listed below in order of appearance.
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However, don’t sew them down to jeans at once, use your imagination and embellish your jeans
with bright ribbons of various colors! Satin ribbons of different width can be placed on fabric
insets the way you like to have it. Make your jeans really personalized! Sew ribbons down using
a sewing machine. Apart from satin ribbons you could also use different arts of inkles, ropes,
fringe or simply thin stripes of bright fabric. Carefully iron the details and sew them down to
your jeans. Then skive the seams and cast your jeans over. In order the bottom of you new custom jeans
does not fray sew down on the outside of the outcast a gross grain. To make your embellishment more harmonic
decorate the belt of your jeans or some other parts of them with fabric fragments with ribbons or beads as well.
And don’t leave the back pockets of your jeans unembellished! For example, cover it with another pocket made
from some bright fabric.
Your jeans are long enough for you to wear, but there are some undesirable turn parts? Don’t throw them away,
there is a perfect solution for you – build your own jeans with leather insets! Bright pieces of varicolored or
whole-colored leather will make your jeans really exclusive! However, there are several rules to be considered.
First of all, the leather you use should be thin and of a good quality. Old gloves, a coat belt or a hood will
be just perfect. Unseam your jeans on the desirable height. Stick the turn place on denim with a piece of vlies
and make s simple patch. Cut leather into random pieces with irregular edges and put them on your jeans so that
they cover all possible defects. Sew the pieces down to jeans using a sewing machine. To do this you’ll probably
need a special foot of the sewing machine. If you don’t have such gadget just put a piece of paper under a
regular sewing machines’ foot, which can be later easily removed. Don’t forget to clean your sewing machine after
working on it. Finally, stitch the unseamed parts.
Continuing our story about concealing denim imperfections with the help of embellishment techniques and the way
you can bring your old jeans back to life let us speak about fighting with stains. Do you happen to have a pair
of your favorite jeans damaged by indelible stains? Of course you do. Everybody does. Here is a trick that might
help you to reanimate your subculture jeans by decorating them with stitches.
Unseam your jeans on the bottom and on both sides. This will later help you to spread your jeans on the surface.
Put random stitches on the front parts of your jeans the way you like it – straight, zigzag, waved, broken, circle
lines or others. Make more stitches on the stains as if you wanted to cross-hatch them. However, be careful to choose
the same thread color as decorative seams of your custom jeans have. Or just use threads of different bright colors –
the will make your jeans really personalized and exclusive as well. When you’ve finished decorating the stains, make
some additional stitches in order to balance your embellishment. Finally, stitch the unseamed parts, make overcast and
wear your newly born jeans with pleasure!
Last time we have already mention jeans decoration with ribbons in order to make them longer. Today we are going
to speak about decorating the frayed bottom of jeans with ribbons. Of course you can always turn such jeans into shorts.
However, there is always a better way. And here it is.
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Take ribbons of different width and colors. First of all, carefully mend al the holes and turn places you’ve got there.
This can be done manually; however using a zigzag seam of your sewing machine will make it much easier for you. Then
sew a thin piece of a ribbon down to your jeans. Start sewing using a step-by-step seam in a usual straight line and
finally cast the ribbon over fixing it with a bar tacking seam. Put a wide ribbon so that it covers most imperfections
of your customized denim. Other ribbons can be sewn down in a random order.
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There is also one trick considering ribbons manufactured from natural fibers – cotton, wool or flax. Before you start
to work with them soak them in warm water and dry spread so that they don’t shrink denim after the first wash.
Don’t forget to make a complete picture of your embellishment by decorating the back pockets of your jeans with ribbons
as well.
In case your old jeans are just no good for decorating, make exclusive accessories out of them! For example, stretch
denim of your tailor-made jeans will be perfect for creating a denim flower. First of all, cut the trouser leg of your
jeans along the seam and spread it on the table. Mark several saw-tooth lines at the intervals of about 7 centimeters.
However, you can choose the intervals you like, but remember that the size of the ready-made flower will depend on them.
Cut denim in 6-9 stripes. On one side of all the fragments make several cuts of 1 to 1,5 centimeters. Stretch and fray
the cut edges. Circinate one of the stripes and fix it using a needle and a thread. Make small wrinkles out of other stripes
and sew them down to the tube. Wrap and sew down each one of the following stripes in the same way making small wrinkles.
The last two fragments are to be fixed a bit higher the general line of the seam – about 1 centimeter. Cut a circle out
of denim and cover the stitchings with it. The circle can be glued down with a special fabric glue, hot-melt adhesive or
carefully sewn down using invisible stitches. Buckle on a small pin. That’s it, your original denim flower decoration
is ready! Such accessory will be a perfect match to each blouse or jacket as well as a bag or a belt.
And don’t forget – if you want to design custom jeans online you can always ask GetWear! Stay tuned!
Posted: 17.01.2010 by Stella Tornton, fashion journalist and jeans fashion fan
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