Legs Off

Hello Beauties,

I have a super easy tutorial for you guys today.  It’s seriously easy.  I'm turing long jeans in to shorts.  You can honestly, do this to any pants that you want.  But if the fabric tends to fray, I will probably hem them, or if you want the fraying, distressed look, then go for it!  (Plus its less work and it looks cool, so either way works!)  I'll shut up now.  Enjoy the Tutorial!

Legs off 

Materials:

Pair of jeans (or any type of pants you want to cut in to shorts)

Scissors

Needle and thread (optional)

Gathered your materials?  Alright lets get started... 

First take a pair of your old jeans (or a pair of thrifted jeans or brand new jeans or whatever you feel like cutting in to shorts) and turn them inside out, then lay them down flat.

Now, take a pair of your old shorts and measure out how much you want to cut off.  (Because mine are high-waist jeans, I had to line up my shorts by the crotch and not the waistline)  You can also guess, but just make sure you don’t cut off too much at one time.  Cause once it’s cut, it’s cut…there is not going back…

Al-right, so, enough of that.  I just cut about a few inches below my shorts.  I cut one leg off first, then I flipped the shorts over and cut the other leg, using the leg I just cut as a guide.

I tried them and they were still too long, so I cut some more.  Tried them on and cut some more…

Once the shorts are at your desired length, decide whether or not you want to cuff them or just leave them be.  Put your shorts in to the washing machine and they’ll have a frayed edge when they come out.  I decided to cuff mine.  So, here is where the needle and thread come in handy.  If you cuff them you want them to stay cuffed, so an easy way of doing this is to sew the two seams around each leg. 

Now you’re done!  Here’s my finished product!  I like them quite a lot.  Stay tuned for a styling video soon.  And if you want this tutorial in a video format, comment below and I will make one of those.  If you have any questions, leave a comment.  Or you can leave a comment just to say hi, that’s cool too.  And I’ll say HI back.  J

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