How to Decorate Jeans With Safety Pins

Turn an old pair of jeans into a new piece of creative fashion. Decorate your jeans with safety pins to create a Gothic look or to just stand out from the crowd. People will ask you where you got your jeans and you can tell them you made them yourself. The following steps will show you how.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Pair of jeans
• Thimble
• Scissors
• Safety pins

1. Choose a pair of jeans to decorate with safety pins. Make sure the pants still fit well.

2. Put the jeans on and put a small mark under both knees with a pencil on the outside seams of the jeans.

3. Cut along the seam starting from underneath the waistline down to the mark you made on the outside seam of the jeans. Do this on both sides on the outside of the jeans.

4. Attach the 2 ends of the jeans you have cut with the safety pins horizontally all the way down. Make sure you stick the pin all the way through the fabric on both sides and that it is securely fastened. You can make them as close or as far apart as you want to.

5. Go all the way down to the bottom of the jeans along the seam with your safety pins after you have secured both ends of the denim.

Tips & Warnings

• You don't have to cut the jeans if you don't want. You can just stick the pins all the way down the sides about a half inch apart.
• You can use different sizes of safety pins or all one size. It's up to you. Let your creativity flow.
• Wear a thimble to prevent sticking the safety pin into your fingers while you decorate your jeans.