Recovery Jeans are a great way to express your passion about recovery. Where what you believe in and experience the freedom of your truth being displayed. This project is so much fun because you get to wear your art.
Things You will need for Bleaching Denim:
- Bleach (Quart)
- Denim
- Plastic Tub (Large)
- Face mask
- Rubber Gloves
- A stirring stick
Instructions:
- Fill plastic tub halfway full of water and pour the quart of bleach in the tub with the water. Helpful Hint: make sure the plastic tub does not have a leak.
- Immerse denim in bleach/water mixture, it will take a few moments for the denim to become saturated. Push down on the denim.
- Stir them every hour, to evenly distribute bleach saturation.
- Depending on how light you want your denim will determine the length of time to leave them in the bleach.
- When you are satisfied with the color of denim, pour out the water, ring out your denim, and transfer them to the washing machine.
- Wash and dry so you can decorate.
Things you will need to decorate denim:
- Scissors
- Fabric glue
- Needle and thread.
- Fabric
- Patches
- Permanent fabric Markers
Instructions:
- I began by cutting out the word “LOVE” that runs down the left side of the denim.
- Next, I cut square holes (avoiding the where the knee bends the jeans)
- To get the frayed look around the edges of the square holes, I took my needle and intricately separated the denim from where the raw edges are.
- Cut out the sized patches you need for each hole in denim.
- Turn the denim inside out and sew or glue each patch onto the denim. Helpful hint: you can buy permanent fabric tape and cut them to size for your fabric patches.
- Iron on your patches.
- With the “permanent” fabric markers randomly write down your favorite recovery quotes on your denim.
- Final tip: To keep the ink from washing out or fading, allow ink to dry, turn your iron on the highest setting, place a clean cloth over the marker design, using the dry setting (no steam) apply firm pressure for up to a minute. When washing turn denim inside out.
