Monday, June 6, 2011

Hand Painted Jeans

I have a pair of jeans that fit well, but I haven't worn them in a while because of a small stain. So I decided to give them new life and a makeover. I did a google search to get ideas on painting jeans. I found pretty cool designs and some videos with good tips on the subject. Unfortunately I didn't take a before pic or a during pic. Oops. But I do have a pic of the final outcome. Well, sorta final.

After I wash the jeans the black outline will be washed away. I used some images that I found online and traced them onto some tracing paper with a charcoal pencil. Then I rubbed the image onto the jeans and filled it in with gold acrylic paint. I used a medium that makes any acrylic paint into fabric paint. I turned the jeans inside out and heat set the paint with an iron. The videos with the tips can be found here.

4 comments:

Mimi said...

That's so cool, good job!

lovestitch said...

Wow! So cute!!! Adorable work!

Dee said...

I like the pattern a lot. I'm thinking about doing something similar to a little tee shirt that my baby left her mark on.

Luxury Fashion Blog said...

This is a cool way to recycle jeans and be green thanks for the tips