How to make leaky jeans at home?

It is not known who and when he first began to wear torn jeans as a kind of fashionable "chips", but this man has gained many followers around the world. It is difficult to unambiguously answer the question why holey denim pants won such popularity. For some, they have become a means of self-expression, for someone - a stylish item of clothing, and someone admits that the holes provide excellent ventilation of the body in the hot season.

Anyway, today, holey jeans are an absolute fashion trend. In this article we will tell you about how to get such a thing without affecting your wallet.

Walking through the shopping centers you probably noticed that branded ripped jeans are sometimes much more expensive than whole pants from the same manufacturer. And the difference between them and pants from a regular store of economy class can be several tens of thousands of rubles. It is quite natural that a question arises in the head: “What is the reason for the holes specially made at the production stage to differ so much from those that appeared by chance?”.

In fact, the difference is not so great. What matters is the place where the tear appeared and its shape. The holes on these pants look careless, but you can see that their edges are carefully processed, and the fabric around has a worn effect. To achieve a similar effect can be at home: read more about this below.

Next you need to choose the places in which we will make holes. Mark the future gaps right on the fabric.

Now you need to make a small cutter somewhere in an inconspicuous place and consider weaving fabric. Denim consists of white and colored threads, which are perpendicular to each other. We need to know how the white threads go - horizontally or vertically, so as not to accidentally damage them.

Getting to work on the first hole. Armed with a knife, in one motion we make a cut that runs parallel to the white threads.Then, after a few centimeters from it, we make a second cut (in order not to cut through jeans, put a piece of cardboard in the leg).

Now you need to carefully pull out all the white threads between the two cuts, without tearing them. Blue threads just pull out and cut. Pulling and cutting the threads is most convenient with the help of a special sewing tool - a seaming machine.

As a result, we got a neat rectangular hole. A little practice, you can learn to make holes in the form of various shapes. To prevent the tear from spreading, stitch it along the edges with threads matching the jeans.

If you have your favorite jeans torn, there may be several solutions to the problem. The hole, which appeared in an inconspicuous place, you can gently mend.

If the seam is evident, it is better to choose another method, for example, to sew an application or patch from another material on a torn section.

Another good option is to give the “random” hole the look of a stylish decor element. First, the tear should be carefully pulled to the right size. Then remove the sticking blue threads and pull out the white ones.

Effectively will look through the lace looking through the hole.

Manufacturers of fashion clothing often use such a technique as whitening denim. Such things look as if they were worn for many years, but in fact they are completely new. Bleached areas on holed jeans look particularly impressive. Make such an unusual decor is quite possible with their own hands.

At home, the most affordable means for whitening fabrics are chlorine-based bleaching agents. To whiten small areas on jeans, you will need only a few milliliters of chlorinated product. A small amount of bleach should be applied to the sponge, and then blot the fabric around the holes with it.

Leave for 10-15 minutes, then wash off with plenty of warm water (or even better, throw your pants into the washing machine).

You can create the appearance of aged jeans not only with the help of chemical means, but also mechanically. To get scuffed on the fabric, it is enough just to treat it with an improvised tool with an abrasive effect. Usually for this purpose use manicure tools or sandpaper.

Before you start work, jeans should be wetted and put something solid inside the legs of the legs, otherwise instead of spectacular scuffs you will get through holes. On wet jeans, the result will appear faster, just do not forget to squeeze your pants well. It is necessary to rub not too hard, until the fabric noticeably brightens. With the help of pumice, you can make very weak, neat rubbing.