Shorts Refashion

so, i had these super awkward-legnthed (that's a word... right?) shorts that i got for free from my friend's friend's friend. i didn't want to give them away because i'm just greedy like that, and i knew i could do something to them. here's what i did. . .

(not exactly ugly. . . just awkward.)

take awkward shorts and get a pair of cute, normal shorts, fold both in half legnthwise, and lay shorter one on top of the longer one, and line up the sides. 

cut long shorts about an inch longer than the shorter shorts, if you want the hem folded up. if you want a cleaner look, cut a quarter inch longer and hem. fold up and iron in place.

it should probably look like this. probably.

cut a series of slits where you want the rips to be, and run the pointey side of a seam ripper along back side of the flaps, until you can see white threads start to come out.

pull out blue threads of the flaps between the slits with tweezers(aren't mine cute?) until you see a horizontal square of white threads. 

soon it will look like this. 

and after a while, . . . this.

take a break and do your little sisters hair really crazy if she asks you too (like mine did), add a few more rips wherever you want and then put them on because they look awesome.

xoxo,

Gracie