DiY Polka Dot Cutoffs Project

As spring rolls around, denim cutoffs tend to become a wardrobe staple.   I've got a couple colors and lengths, but this time I decided to play around with a little bleach.

Using a bleach pen and some scissors, I turned an old pair of jeans into a fun pair of polka dot cutoffs!

The process was super simple:

• Cut off old jeans to preferred length
• Cut cardboard or thick paper to line the shorts (so the bleach doesn't soak through)
• Use a bleach pen (like this) to draw dots onto the shorts
• Wait... (I let my bleach soak overnight for almost white spots, but I also did a test for about 30 minutes which works great if you want more tonal polka dots)
• Rinse out the bleach, and wash and dry your pants as normal

Here are the end results!

Comments

[jinsun]

this is brilliant! in person, some of the polka dots were not as white-- was that intentional? did you leave some dots on longer? LOVE IT!

[Candace S.]

Love this and I hve the perfect pair of dark rinse skinnies to try this with ;)

[Harris]

Great idea! You are so creative :)