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Cargo jeansElegant, Dressy Cargo Jeans

Dress up your jeans with just some blanket binding and floral trim! It's easy and a great way to give a fresh look to your old pair of jeans.

It's as simple as that to change ordinary pants into Haute Couture Jeans for mere pennies!!

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MATERIALS:
1 pkg. Wrights® Satin Blanket Binding (#117-794-090)
2 yds. Wrights® Jacquard Floral Trim (#184-7008-001)
1 Straight Leg Cargo Style Jeans
-- Scissors, Iron, Glue, Fusing Strips or Needle and Thread.
INSTRUCTIONS:
    Jeans close-up
  1. Cut two pieces of blanket binding the width of the pant leg plus 1 1/2 inches.
  2. Press open seam in binding.
  3. Cut four pieces of trim, the length of blanket binding.
  4. Stitch, glue or fuse two pieces of trim to the top and bottom edges of the blanket binding, making a "cuff".
  5. Line bottom of cuff up with bottom hem of pant leg. Stitch, glue or fuse to jeans.
  6. Stitch, glue or fuse the top edge in place on jeans.
  7. Add a colorful scarf or piece of trim through belt loops for the final accent.
  8. Enjoy!
Fringed JeansFringed Cuff Jeans

We've added color and excitement to ordinary jeans with one bright colored band and a home dec. fringe.

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MATERIALS:
1 yd. Wrights® Bright Woven Band (#183-7044-001)
1 yd. Wrights® Loop Fringe (#144-9055-114)
1 Jeans (flares are OK)
INSTRUCTIONS:
    Jeans close-up
  1. Measure around bottom of pant leg and cut two pieces each of the band and the fringe, plus 1/2" more for overlap.
  2. Line bottom of fringe up with pants hem and fuse, glue or stitch in place.
  3. Line bottom edge of band to top of fringe and glue, fuse or stitch in place.
  4. Hint: For a clean finish, turn under end of trim or fringe and attach over other raw edge. Also, start and end at inside seam of pants.
  5. Enjoy!
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