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With Silver, White and Violet Hue Do Paint Your Blue Jeans with Delight

  • Paint circles around swirls of sequins.


  • The best time to tweeze is right after a bath or shower when your pores are open.


  • I like to use plain, old acrylic paint. It's already in my art drawer, I can mix any hue I like and it works great! Especially if you thin it with a drop of water.


  • On the other hand, Jacquard Textile Colors were designed for, well, textiles. They come in all the colors of the cosmos as well as nifty finishes like metallics, shimmers and sparkles


  • Iron each, inside out, for thirty seconds and your artwork will be there 'till the end of time. Almost.




My Levi's Like a Red, Red Rose That's Newly Stitched in Bloom

One of the prettiest pair of embellished jeans I've seen was from The Gap. They were embroidered with big red roses climbing up the legs.
  • Partner patches, embroidery and beads.


  • Stitch a poem, names, dates, or neat designs.


  • Fringe with feathers and tassel with fake fur tails or those little dingle balls you find on old lampshades and pillows.

Bright Idea
Check out Elegant Stitches by Judith Baker Montano for great ideas and hints on embroidering.

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