Long shorts can be hard to find. Stylish long shorts, well, those are darn near impossible. But I have a way to get The Perfect Long Shorts.
I have always had the hardest time finding the perfect long shorts. They are a little bit more in style this season but still, they can be hard to find. And then finding them in the perfect size and the perfect length with the perfect amount of distressing (or not), is just about impossible.
But have no fear, I have an easy way to get the Perfect Long Shorts!
This is totally old school. You may remember wearing "cut offs" when you were a child. Your mom would take your jeans with holey knees, cut the pant legs off and leave you with shorts. This process is the same as that. And just as easy!
Find a pair of well fitting jeans. You can use some from your closet if you wish. I grabbed some jeans when I was at the thrift store the other day. They were only $5 and they fit perfectly on top.
Try on the Jeans. These jeans were fantastic on top but were boot cut at the bottom, which I don't care for. So I knew they would be perfect to make some long shorts with!
Mark the Jeans. Try on the jeans and mark them with a pen where you want the length for your shorts to be.
Fold the Jeans in half. Remove the jeans and fold them in half backwards, so the front pockets are on the outside. This will get the legs to line up how they will be worn. Lay the jeans flat on a table, smoothing out any wrinkles or folds.
Cut the Jeans. Once you have the jeans marked, lying flat and the wrinkles are smoothed out, Cut them in a straight line with a pair of sharp scissors. If you aren't sure you can cut free hand in as straight line, use a ruler to make the line first.
Once you have cut them, you can toss the bottoms of the jeans. You can further distress the shorts with sand paper or a seam ripper if you wish.
Launder the Jeans. Wash your new shorts in the washer and them dry them in the dryer which will distress the raw hem.
Once your shorts have finished laundering, they are ready to wear. You can can leave the hem raw, hanging straight down. I trimmed the strings hanging down a little bit. The other thing you can do is fold over the bottom of the hem.
When you make your own shorts, you can make them any length and distress them in any way that you wish. That is what makes them The Perfect Long Denim Shorts.
