How Do You Turn Jeans Into Shorts?
• Lay the jeans on a flat surface. Something such as a table or desk would be preferrable, since it is waist-high. Bending over on the floor might strain your back. • Decide what length of shorts you want. Capris (which hit your calf), bermudas (which hit at or right above your knee), regular shorts (which hit 3-5 inches above your knee), or short-shorts (which hit above 5 inches above your knee). You might want to take into consideration where you’ll be wearing them. If you’re planning on wearing them to school, cut them to a length that fits into your school’s dress code. • Take a ruler and measure one inch more than you want them to be. You might want to lightly mark in pencil where your knee cap is while wearing them so that you can tell where they will hit. The inch is optional, though — if you want to avoid the fringe on the end (the white strings that make up denim), then you need to incorporate the inch into your cutting. If you want the fringe, then this step is not necessary
