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Repurpose old long jeans into hot shorts

Jeans are also called "strong woolen pants" because they first appeared in the western United States and were popular with local miners and cowboys, hence the name jeans. Wearing old long jeans can be used in many wonderful ways. Handicraft has introduced many jeans transformation tutorials before, and today we are bringing you a more conventional transformation - DIY womens hot shorts! Look at the picture below, a pair of sexy and hot fashionable shorts will keep you hot all summer long. There are three steps to transform jeans into shorts: cutting, bleaching and polishing. Here are the specific steps.

Repurpose old long jeans into hot shorts

Materials: A pair of old denim trousers (do not use elastic pants, as they will not achieve the effect of this picture), bleach, scissors, and steak knives.

Steps:

Repurpose old long jeans into hot shorts

1) Cropping. First of all, you need to determine the length of the shorts, and then use scissors to cut off the excess length of the jeans. When cutting, leave an extra 1 to 2 inches on the shorts, because sanding will consume some fabric.

2) Bleaching. Prepare a bucket of clean water, pour bleach into the bucket, and then put the shorts into the bucket. The bleaching time is about a few hours to dozens of hours, depending on the degree of bleaching you want.

(If you want your shorts to be bleached unevenly, you can skip the bucket and just use an old toothbrush dipped in bleach to apply it randomly on the pants; if you like to wear brown shorts, you can also change the bleach to coffee Pour into bucket.)

3) Polishing. Use a serrated steak knife to score burrs along the opening of the trouser legs. You can also use sandpaper or a nail file to enhance the effect. This step is a test of your patience and artistic skills. Do it seriously. These DIY fashionable shorts will definitelyYour friends will be surprised and full of praise!

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