I lived in cut offs in the summer when I was a teen/pre-teen. They were what all the *cool kids* wore. Made my 12 yr old kidlet his first pair a few days ago. He looked at them and looked at me.
I don't know if he'll wear them or not. I may have to hide all his other shorts to force the issue. LOL!
June 13, 2012 at 3:08 PM
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Do you have a wild, running willy-nilly, noise-maker, knee scrapping, jean ripping, bundle of energy?
Also known as a Little Man...
Well it is no secret that I have three said Little Men and one teeny tiny Little Man in training. So it is not surprising that I have a whole pile of jeans missing some much needed fabric around the knees.
I tell you what, I am getting tired of seeing my boys walk in with yet again another hole in the knee.
Not sure why I kept them because jeans are hard to repair and still have look nice. But kept them I did.
How happy was I when I came across this tutorial on Make it and and Love It?
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So happy!
I immediately pinned it to my Project To-do Board.
I went from a couple of pairs of ratty-tatty jeans to a couple of sweet pair of frayed cut-offs
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I.am.in.love.
I mean it.
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All I had to do was cut off the end of the jeans, making sure the holes were gone. Then I ran a stitch around the end 1/4" up from the frayed end. Then I threw the shorts in the washer and the dryer to get the fray going. To finish them off I just cut off the long strings.
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Then I put them on the coolest eight-year-old I know.
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He is still my rough and tumble, knee-scrapping Little Man.
However, now he is rockin' a pretty stylish pair of frayed cut-off shorts instead of a ratty pair of jeans.
"A Pinteresting Wednesday: Frayed Cut-Off Shorts"
4 Comments -
Oh. My. Heck!! Kole is a.d.o.r.a.b.l.e.in those pics! He is going to be one stylin heartbreaker! Sooo cute!
June 13, 2012 at 6:44 AM
well isn't he just too cool for school :) I want to try these with khakis but I'm nervous about the final look
June 13, 2012 at 9:45 AM
He is so cute! We are big fans of the cut-off, especially since my 3-year old grows out of jeans in like 3.8 seconds.
June 13, 2012 at 10:07 AM
I lived in cut offs in the summer when I was a teen/pre-teen. They were what all the *cool kids* wore.
Made my 12 yr old kidlet his first pair a few days ago. He looked at them and looked at me.
I don't know if he'll wear them or not. I may have to hide all his other shorts to force the issue. LOL!
June 13, 2012 at 3:08 PM