Tuesday 15 May 2012

RESULTS



THIS IS HOW MY BLEACHED RED JEANS TURNED OUT, IM PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS, I JUST WISH I HAD TIED THEM UP MORE SO THAT THERE WERE MORE DARK PATCHES SINCE THE BLEACH GOT A LOT OF THEM! I MIGHT GET SOME RED DYE AND DO A REVERSE SO I CAN GET THEM JUST RIGHT. I WANTED THEM TO LOOK MORE LIKE THE ISABEL MARANT BATIK JEANS.

ITS SO EASY TO DO, I FILLED HALF A BUCKET WITH COLD WATER AND POURED IN HALF A BOTTLE OF BLEACH, YOU NEED TO SOAK THROUGH WHATEVER YOU ARE BLEACHING FIRST, THEN TIE IT UP WITH ELASTIC BANDS OR RAGS OF FABRIC. I LEFT MY JEANS IN THE BUCKET OVER NIGHT AND ALL OF THE FOLLOWING DAY (I WENT TO WORK AND FORGOT ABOUT THEM!) AND THE BLEACH REALLY LIFTED OUT THE COLOUR WITHOUT DAMAGING THE FABRIC. 

THIS IS RIDICULOUSLY EASY AND ITS GIEVN NEW LIFE TO A PAIR OF PANTS I WAS GOING TO THROW OUT, WIN WIN!

XO

4 comments:

  1. wow they look awesome! good work :)

    x

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  2. They look amazing Rosie! xxx

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  3. They look so good, I know I would just make a mess if I tried though!

    joanne from jimmilou.com

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