I was born and raised a child of fringe. My mother, Leslie Diane, god bless her heart, is a collector of all items fringe. Growing up, I scoffed. Now, like all bold fashion trends – fringe is BACK BABY. That’s why I’m using all the colorful trims and tassels I’ve found at my favorite local sewing store to create homemade master pieces, like this jean fringe tutorial.
If you follow me on instagram (shameless plug that you should), you’ve seen my master piece of a Stevie Nicks jacket. With just a yard of trim, $5, and amazing fabric glue, you can transform a thrifted wonder from what? to WOW!!!
If you like this easy tutorial, you might like my braided velvet headband tutorial here.
Materials
Pair of jeans (ones with slight flare work best)
1-2 yards of upholstery fringe
Instructions For Making Fringe Jean
Step one: To create these jeans I used a little curtain tassel trim. My local fabric store sells it for about 2$/yard. Some places it can get a bit more pricey. My advice if you are not local to a discount fabric notions store would be to hit up an upholstery store. Many times upholstery stores will have excess trim that you can scoop up for a steal.
Step two: I am a size 0-2 (depending on the maker) and 5’2″. I bought 2 yards of the trim just to be extra safe.
Step three: Next, I tried on the jean and marked where I wanted the jeans to hang. Now, I chose boot cut jeans so they had a bit of a flare on them. I chopped about 8 inches from the bottom. First, I’m 5’3″ On a good day so any tailoring is going to be a must. The great thing about fringe is that there is no need to hem! Just cut the excess off and keep raw edge.
Step four: Add a healthy amount of fabric glue about 1/2 inch above the raw edge. This extra space will ensure that your pant holes don’t get glued together. Wait 30 seconds for glue to become tacky, then apply the fridge to the end. Work around the end of the pant, ensuring that the fringe doesn’t pucker. Fold over ~1/2 inch and apply more glue to the overlap to seal. Once glue is dry, remove excess.
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