Some admirers of hand-made resort to creating holes and scuffs on jeans to revive a favorite thing, give it a second life, others try themselves in this art in order to save on expensive models of simple denim with holes that have been incredibly popular for many seasons in a row.
It is not necessary to make an aesthetic appearance of a hole on jeans, now jeans jackets, shorts, vests and much more are sewn, which are made of the notorious denim.
Making holes in jeans at home
Holes on jeans at home can be made with your own hands, even if you haven’t tried anything like this yourself before. The main principle of work in this matter is don't go too far. In everything you need to comply with the measure, including, and when creating a harmonious style of updated jeans. Even sloppiness and negligence can look beautiful if you know in advance by what principle they “interspersed” in the image.
A few general rules before starting work
We take into account the fabric of jeans. It is important to consider what kind of fabric jeans are made of: coarse or thin, dense or stretch. Abrasions and holes on tight-fitting jeans should not be done too close to the edges, so that with constant tension they would not tear, and the thing did not look sloppy.
We think over the concept in advance. The exact location of scuffs and holes may depend on the type of figure of the person for whom they are remade. Some prefer holes on their knees, others distribute them with small "islands" along the entire length, thereby visually lengthening the figure, others are not shy, and cut huge "windows" on the hips, and even on the buttocks. The main thing to consider here is the features: what to divert attention from and what to attract to.
Many experts are of the opinion that do not make slits on your knees at home, since most often these actions for non-professionals end in spoiled jeans and a bad mood. The thing is that this place is especially demanding, and even if you make a beautiful hole, then after some time it will grow and become huge.
We fix the thought. At the initial stage, it is important to “deal with” the concept in order to have an accurate idea of the result. Therefore, you need to literally set a goal. Should mark with chalk or felt-tip pen on jeans, the exact location of future holes and put on jeans to make sure you choose the right place and size for the future hole.
Choosing the right tools. Holes and scuffs can be made using one or more devices that will give different effects. First of all, which method and tool would not be chosen, need to prepare a small tablet, which is inserted into the jeans trousers directly under the place of work, so as not to damage the back of the pants.
What needlewomen most often use to create holes on jeans:
- Scissors;
- Stationery knife;
- Kitchen knife;
- Tweezers;
- Nail scissors.
What is used to create scuffs:
- Blade;
- Razor;
- Sandpaper;
- Pumice;
- Kitchen grater.
To make it easier for beginners to understand the specifics of creating beautiful holes on jeans with their own hands, you can familiarize yourself with some simple schemes of working with different tools.
For the first experience at home, it is advisable to take old jeans or trim the legs, and practice on them.
Neat “white threads”
For, to create a fashionable effect of sticking out white threads with your own hands, professionals advise only to carefully release the alleged place of holes from dark threads.
The whole focus is based on the fact that denim fabric almost always consists of layers of white and blue threads stitched together. White threads are located horizontally, namely parallel to the bottom edge of the leg, and blue stitch the leg vertically. So that everything works out correctly and aesthetically, even at home, you need to carefully tear out part of the blue threads, leaving only light. But this also has its subtleties.
Hole Tools:
- Jeans;
- Plywood or cardboard;
- Stationery knife or scalpel;
- Scissors;
- Tweezers.
How to do it right:
- We take suitable jeans, determine the future location of the slot, which we mark with soap, chalk or felt-tip pen.
- Insert a piece of thick cardboard or plywood into the leg directly under the marked area.
- We take a clerical knife or a scalpel, and make two shallow cuts parallel to each other, marking the upper and lower boundaries of the future "white hole".
- We take thin scissors and with neat movements we pick up the first few white threads, first from one of the cuts, then from the other. It is important not to tear these threads, but to carefully release them from the blue stripes.
- Now that the upper and lower borders are clearly delineated by the white loose threads, we can proceed to free the remaining central part of the white hole from the blue threads.
- Take the tweezers, and gently begin to pull the blue threads that are perpendicular to white (Figure 4 in the photo above).
- The white slit in regular jeans will be ready when the entire space is freed from blue strings.
Advice!
If you want make a large hole in the style of a "white hole", it is worth taking out the blue threads from white in separate blocks, as shown in the photo above.
Rebel "my tear"
An interesting way to create a do-it-yourself sloppy trend effect with your own hands, which sometimes adds the necessary touch of rebellion to the image - an inaccurate kind of hole. Haphazard sloppiness looks great in casual or street style, and is quite easy to do at home.
Hole Tools:
- Jeans;
- Plywood or cardboard;
- Stationery knife;
- Sandpaper.
How to do it right:
- In order not to damage the back of the leg, we place thick cardboard or plywood under the work site.
- We mark the approximate size of the future hole, its general shape and rounding. If after trying on the plan does not change, you can get to work.
- We take a thin clerical knife, and make 5-8 transverse cuts of different lengths one below the other, not very rarely.You can forget about the accuracy with this method of work for a while, the main thing is that there should be some kind of systematics, harmony in chaos. Cut through don't do too close to the edge of jeansso that the thing can last as long as possible.
- Using imagination and a sense of style, we release the white transverse threads from the longitudinal blue ones. This should be done not as carefully as in the first example of work, but haphazardly, leaving the edges unprocessed, with the blue ends of the threads sticking out.
- If desired, you can cut several white threads so that the holes seem more expressive and larger.
- The finishing touch will be the processing of the edges of the slots with sandpaper. This must be done carefully so as not to erase the connection between the white threads.
Advice!
If the needlewoman has the idea of creating thematic holes, like hearts, suns, moons, stars or anything else, you don’t need to ignore it. The main thing is to outline the future shape of the hole in advance, and work on it. The edges can be sewn on a sewing machine or marked with a needle, or you can leave them fluffy.
Fashionable “hole-windows”
Huge holes in jeans not covered with white thread are also very popular among shameless youth. With large holes on your knees or hips you will hardly surprise anyone. This way of decorating with your own hands will appeal to those who are looking for a simple but stylish way to change old jeans.
Hole Tools:
- Jeans;
- Plywood or cardboard;
- Stationery knife or scissors;
- Optional: sandpaper, razor or tweezers.
How to do it right:
- To begin with, it is worthwhile to outline the location of future windows in jeans small, put them on, and make sure that they will look good. Holes should be drawn, taking into account whether the holes will be framed by sticking out threads or cut off sharply.
- We put a dense board under the working space in the leg and with the help of scissors, and preferably a clerical knife, cut out a huge space of denim on each leg in one or more places. It is important not to overdo it with the "windows", and not to scatter too many large holes from each other, as this may look ridiculous.
- Now that the “windows” are cut out, you can process the edges of the holes, decorating them with a fringe. To do this, you can use one of the above tips for highlighting white threads from denim and removing blue threads with your own hands or with tweezers. You can also leave just a few long white torn threads around the edges.
- A more complete look can be achieved by treating the edges with sandpaper or a female razor.
Elegant lace
Lace holes are another kind of interestingly decorated holes on jeans, which can be achieved at home in several ways at once, including the simplest ones:
- Jeans embellished with laced lining;
- Lace patch over jeans;
- Pantyhose with lace motif under jeans with ready-made holes.
If for the first two options it is necessary to make slots on the pants in advance according to one of the previously described schemes and be able to use a sewing machine, then the latter method is provided for those who like to change their looks and want to wear jeans with holes both without lace lining and with them.
Advice!
To add more elegance to jeans, you can use the techniques of designers and decorate them:
- stripes;
- patches
- buttons
- rivets;
- rhinestones;
- beads;
- bright paint applied on top of a stencil.
DIY scuffs on jeans
Neat scuffs easily replace large holes on denim, giving an interesting effect, but at the same time they allow you not to focus on sloppiness and rebellion ... or to do - it all depends on the author’s ideas.
A great advantage of creating scuffs is that they perfect both the holes themselves and make separate accents on the whole part of the fabric: wipe the line of the bottom or side insert of jeans, make out the front and rear pockets.
All this is done in the factory, however, it is possible to create it with your own hands at home, and using available means.
Choosing the right tool
As mentioned above, The most popular and at the same time affordable ways to create scuffs on jeans are:
- Razor or blade;
- Sandpaper;
- Pumice;
- Kitchen grater.
How do they differ and which one is right for you? Their differences are in the final result, since each of these objects gives a different effect.
- The final look of jeans after working with blade and razor may vary depending on the degree of pressure, which is why it is worth working with them very carefully.
- Maximum abrasive effect secured for itself kitchen grater. Of course, and they come in different sizes, however, graters are considered the most rude tools for creating abrasions on jeans.
- Pumice causes less damage to the fabric, but even after it there are quite large scuffs.
- At sand paper smallest effect that looks neat and calm.
The method of creating scuffs with improvised means
How to do abrasions on jeans with your own hands? You need to work here on the same principle as making holes:
- First, we outline the desired area for future wear. We put on jeans to make sure that the adjustments made will look good.
- We remove the jeans, insert a thick cardboard or board in the pants under the workspace.
- We select one of the necessary tools at hand, and we work carefully, from time to time cleaning the surface of jeans from unnecessary strings.
- Important stop on time. In order not to overdo it, you need to stop periodically and evaluate the result to understand that the wear is ready. Otherwise, you can get a hole.
- The edge of the fray can be treated with scissors, making a small fringe effect or left as is.
Video lesson: How to make ripped jeans
To make illustrative examples even more understandable, you can use the applied tips of professionals collected in video tutorials that will help not only not to ruin the jeans, but also significantly improve their appearance. In this case, we will talk about creating holes with the effect of scuffs.
