How to Make Dirty Denim Distressed Cut off Shorts

Tips

• Watch for jeans in thrift stores.
• Cut the jeans long, try them on and make a final finish cut on one leg. Then Fold them long way and mirror the cut on the other leg to make the jeans match.

Warnings

• After you’ve worn and washed the shorts they may need to sit in the mud water more, to get stained enough so that the mud won’t wash out, and you can keep the dirty denim look.
• Don't cut off too much materal, They might not look right on the first cut.

Things You'll Need

• Jeans
• A bathtub
• Bleach
• Water
• Mud
• 2 buckets
• Something hard like a block of wood
• Sandpaper
• Steak knife
• A clothes washer
• A clothes dryer