Tie Dye Denim is always hot, especially in the Summer months with a cute tank. I love that it is so easy to do it yourself with just a few items. I remember back in 2000 when the Lil Kim “No Matter What They Say” video came out and the cut up tie dye jeans became really popular, I charged people $20 dollars a pop to do their jeans for them. I made a lot of money that Summer lol. Anyway, let me show you how quick and easy it is to do it yourself.
What you will need…
Old Pair of Jeans
Rubber Bands
1 cup bleach
8 cups water
bucket
Take the jeans and wrap the waist and legs with the rubber bands as tight as you can. Sorry I forgot to take a before picture, but after you apply the rubber bands the jeans should be as shown below…
You can put the rubber bands closer together if you want a smaller design or further apart for a larger design. Mix the bleach and water in the bucket and put the jeans in. The water should cover the jeans, if not add more. If you would like your jeans lighter add a little more bleach. Let the jeans soak overnight. I accidentally left mine for four days but there was no harm since I didn’t use a lot of bleach. If you use a lot of bleach and leave them too long they may go dry rot and tear.
Remove the jeans from the bleach solution and remove the rubber bands. Soak in cold water for five minutes and then rinse and wring. Hang to dry. Here is the final result…
And that’s it. Wasn’t that easy?!
Wow great job! I like that you’ll probably get a different look each time.
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Thank you, and you will definitely get a different look every time!
Girl I love the jeans I’m going to make me some!! Thanks for sharing!!
Thank you. Can’t wait to see how they come out and no problem
Those look so cool!!
Thank you!!!
awesome, but i’m afraid of that tie dye making me look wider on the bottom…i don’t need anymore help in that department! lol
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I actually think that the tie dye made me look slimmer. Maybe because it’s taking the attention away from my curves to the design?! Or maybe it’s just my imagination lol
LOVE this!!! I got to find a pair of jeans to try this on. Thank you for sharing!!
Thank you and no problem!
Wow! Got to try this. I have an old fuchsia pair that I was going to give away. Did you leave it in for 4 days or 4 hours?
That should come out pretty. I left them in for four days, unintentionally though.
This looks great! I should try this soon.
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Thank you. Let me know if you try it
This is amazing I must try this.
Thx Tyshelle
girl thank you so much for sharing i have so much respect for you your style is unique girl u rock i’m going to try be bless
Thank you so much for your kind words Nadege. Let me know how they turn out!
They came out amazing!!! I will have to try this!
Thx Cherrie hon!
How Cool! I loved this tutorial! you got a dope print!
xoxo TY
Thanks Ty xoxo
I love it. Your creativity is sick! I don’t know if I’m brave enough to try this, but I’ll think about it.
Xoxoxoxo,
k
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Thank you so much hon. Go ahead and give it s shot. You can put the rubberbands further apart for a larger print
Thanks for sharing
I love your blog. I just tried this and hopefully it turns out as good as yours. I will post the look on my blog if it comes out right. We shall see!!!
No problem at all. Come back and let me know how it turned out
Hi,
I tried this on a new pair of jeans and they came out great. They look like I bought them that way. Thanks again!!!!
No problem. Glad it worked for you!