DIY Jeans

So, I had originally planned to splatter my black jeans with bleach to make white patterns however the bleach turned the fabric red..then I decided to do it in the reverse order.

1. Bleach jeans white - I don't know where you live but currently there are no white jeans in stores anywhere! So I bought the palest pair I could find. Then I put them in a bucket and covered them in bleach. I used the concentrated form and put it on the jeans undiluted.

2. Scrub - I find that bleaching alone is not really sufficient so I bought some steel wool to help to further degrade the fabric which allows the bleach to absorb better. Wear gloves from this point on, I didn't and have ripped up most of the layers of skin on my hands (which means that it hurts to touch pretty much everything). Let the bleach sink into the fabric for around 10-15 minutes.

3. Rinsing - You must rinse all of the bleach out, then dry them. If you are still not happy with the colour, step 2 can be repeated. My jeans turned out this colour.

4. Painting - I originally tried it with fabric dye and when I washed it out, the pattern didn't stay so my lovely white pants went all gray! So, had to start from the beginning again.
Put plastic bags down the legs of your pants (this is so that the paint won't go through the fabric and stick the legs together) and hang the pants on the line. Make sure there isn't anything else on the line though.

5. I ended up using regular house paint to do the jeans because whenever I have been silly enough to get paint on clothes that I didn't want it to be on, I can NEVER get it out. Any old black paint would do I suppose but I used 'semi gloss enamel'. However, don't go out and buy black paint especially, just use whatever is around your house.

6. I painted large portions of the jeans black and then afterwards splattered them to create a different effect. After they have dried completely (can take up to a couple of hours), iron them with a piece of material over the jeans (this will seal in the paint), rinse them and dry them. 

Here is the finished product! 

If you have any questions, just leave a comment!

P.S here is what they looked like BEFORE the dye ran. I'm so cut they got ruined! :(