How to Decorate Your Denim Jeans with Fashion Trim
Creating personalized decorated jeans is a quick project when you use some basic stitching or gluing techniques. By using your own choice of trim, gems, patches and other decorations, you can create denim jeans that reflect your personal style. Using an embroidered or beaded patch is the quickest way to embellish jeans, but adding lace or other elements is not very difficult Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
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Choose the location for the embroidered or beaded patch on the denim, taking into account how the jeans will bend when you wear them. Put a generous amount of fabric glue on the back of the patch and press it to the denim fabric. Put a line of glue close to the edges of the appliqué to make sure the edges adhere firmly to the denim.
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Lay out long types of trim, such as ribbon, gathered lace, woven trims and rick-rack, before gluing. These kinds of trims work best around the hems and along the outer seams of jeans. For example, use ribbon-like trim to create racing stripes up the outside of each leg. Glue or sew several rows of ribbon and trim around each leg bottom.
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Cut fabric into squares or other shapes and apply as fabric patches by sewing or gluing them in the desired locations. Choose fabric that will not fray on the edges, unless you want a casual frayed look. In that case, fray the outside edges of the patch consistently all the way around, then apply glue just inside the unfrayed part of the patch.
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