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Hello and welcome to another episode of Make,[br]Thrift, Buy, the show where YOU guys send

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in interesting, weird or mass-produced clothes[br]that you’ve seen on the internet, and then

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I do my best to recreate them.

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Today’s episode has been suggested by a[br]number of you – thank you to Sophie, Jade and

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agus for this suggestion.

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So this is probably the least ridiculous pair[br]of cut-out jeans that I’ve seen so far – have

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you guys seen those “cut out” jeans where[br]the entire front part – and even some of

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the back – is missing?

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I have, because so many of you guys keep SENDING[br]me photos of them.

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And they make me MAD.

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Number 1, because THIS IS SO EASY TO D-I-Y[br]DON'T SPEND $100 ON THESE!

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Literally - get thrift store jeans, cut them[br]with scissors.

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Also what the heck.

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Is the aesthetic to pretend that you’ve[br]been mauled and escaped from a wearwolf or

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something?

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That you’re too poor to have a nice pair[br]of jeans but not really because you've actually

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spent $100 on UNIF for them?

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*FASHION*

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But anyway, today, we’re going to use these[br]as inspiration to make our own pair of heart

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cutout jeans.

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These are originally from a Japanese brand[br]called Fig and Viper but they are no longer

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available anymore.

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So what are we waiting for – let’s get[br]started.

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First, I thrifted myself a pair of fairly[br]loose-fitting jeans – but, you can use any

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jeans that you want for this DIY.

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Next I figured out where I wanted to place[br]my heart cutouts, which is one big one on

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the front HERE, and three smaller hearts on[br]the back down here, here and here.

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Now I’m going to make heart templates.

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Using a bit of scrap paper, I folded it in[br]half, and then drew half a heart onto it like

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this.

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Then I cut this out, and unfolded, I have[br]a perfectly symmetrical heart.

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I made sure that these hearts were the same[br]size as the cutouts that I wanted on the jeans.

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I also put the jeans on, and I marked out[br]exactly where I wanted the cutouts to be using

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some pins.

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Then I turned the jeans inside out, and I[br]made chalk marks where the pins are – I’m

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moving the placement just slightly over to[br]the left to get the cutouts right in the centre

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of the leg – and then I took the pins out.

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Now I’m going to show you how to do just[br]one of the heart cutouts, but this will be

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the same deal for all 4 heart cutouts that[br]I make.

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Now, if you want the heart cutouts to maintain[br]their shape while you're wearing your jeans,

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especially if you're using a loose-fitting[br]pair, then you will definitely want to use

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interfacing.

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This is some light, woven fusible interfacing[br]that you can basically just iron straight

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down onto the wrong side of your fabric.

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I needed the interfacing the be just slightly[br]larger than the cutout, so using the appropriate-sized

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heart template for the cutout that I was doing,[br]I cut a piece of interfacing a bit bigger

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than this heart.

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I rounded-out the edges of the interfacing,[br]and then placed it fusible-side down onto

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the inside of my jeans, in the spot that I[br]wanted my heart cutout to sit.

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The next step was to iron it onto the inside[br]of the jean's leg.

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Now I'm ironing them on two-at-a-time here[br]to save time.

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First I quickly went over the interfacing[br]with the iron to make sure it was stuck down,

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and then got a cotton shirt and I placed this[br]over the top, and I pressed down on this for

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about 30 seconds.

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The interfacing is now stuck onto the jeans.

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So next I placed the heart template directly[br]onto the spot where I wanted the cutout to

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be, and I traced around it, directly onto[br]the interfacing.

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Then, I drew a smaller heart, like this, about[br]5/8ths of an away from the edge of the larger

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heart.

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Then, with a pair of scissors, I cut out the[br]smaller heart, making sure that I was only

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cutting through ONE layer of the jeans, not[br]through both layers, which I did by putting

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my hand inside the jeans to separate the two[br]sides.

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Next, I made little slits around the shape[br]wherever there was a curve, or a point.

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So, I’m going to make little slits that[br]go all the way to the bigger heart’s outline,

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using some scissors, like this.

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These small cuts then let me then fold the[br]fabric back towards the big heart’s outline,

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like this.

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After folding the pieces back, I put some[br]pins through it like this, to keep it secure.

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And just a note, at the pointy, top “V”[br]of the heart, you’ll need to cut off some

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of the edges so that they won’t be visible[br]through the cutout.

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Once I’d gone all the way around the heart[br]shape, it looked like this, and the next step

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was to simply sew these pieces down, using[br]a straight stitch, all the way around the

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heart.

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Now, it was a little bit tricky getting the[br]jeans onto the machine – because I wanted

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to make sure that I’m only sewing through[br]ONE layer of the jeans, otherwise I’d sew

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up the leg hole – but, trust me, with a[br]bit of perseverance, it can be done!

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Then, starting starting at one of the “sharp”[br]corners of the heart shape, I carefully stitched

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about half an inch away from the cutout’s[br]edge, making sure that I was sewing down all

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of the little “flappy bits” of fabric.

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I went pretty slowly here and I made sure[br]that I removed my pins just before I went

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over them with my needle.

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When I wanted to turn the presser foot to[br]sew around the curvy edge of the heart, I

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put my needle down, lifted up the presser[br]foot, and then rotated my material underneath,

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put the foot back down, and then continued[br]on sewing.

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Also, the bottom thread will be visible on[br]the outside of the jeans, around the cutout,

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so I made sure that I was using a thread in[br]a similar colour to the jeans.

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However, if you wanted contrasting stitching,[br]then feel free to use whatever colour thread

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that you want!

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Also, to save paper and to maintain consistent[br]heart-shapes, I started out with my largest

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heart cutout and as I made them smaller, I[br]used the same piece of paper.

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I simply folded the template back in half,[br]drew a smaller heart inside the previous one,

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cut this out, and then unfolded this gave[br]me my new template – which I used to do

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the same thing for yet another, smaller, cutout.

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Also, I noticed tiny bits of fraying at the[br]corners of my cutout, so I made sure that

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these won’t fray anymore by applying a little[br]bit of fabric glue to these spots, and you

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could also use something like fray-check if[br]you have it.

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Then I gave everything an iron to make the[br]cutouts nice and crisp, and, I’m done!

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So, how did I go?

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[MUSIC PLAYS]

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There are two things that I’ve learned from[br]doing this, that I think would improve this

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project if I were to do it again:[br]The first is to use a pair of jeans with thicker

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denim.

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My jeans are actually made out of this kinda[br]weird, super light-material - according to

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the tag, they are "lifestyle denim", whatever[br]that means - but they’re less like your

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typical denim and more like dress-fabric.

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I think that the hearts would retain their[br]shapes a little bit better if normal-to-heavy

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weight denim was used.

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The second is that I think this would probably[br]work better on a pair of tight-fitting or

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skinny jeans.

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The original jeans have the same problem as[br]mine – the heart kind of gets distorted

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and warped if your leg isn’t out like THIS.

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I mean, the shapes still look like hearts,[br]for the most part, when you are just standing

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normally - BUT they would look like hearts[br]all of the time if you were to use skin-tight

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jeans.

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Nonetheless, this method still does work really[br]well to give you cute cutouts in your jeans

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so my conclusion is: to thrift a pair of jeans[br]or use an old pair of jeans and make these

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for yourself.

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[Scissor snipping and zipper sound effect]

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OKAY- one thing you wanna make sure of when[br]you’re wearing these jeans:

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put some sunscreen under them holes.

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Or you’ll get a sunburn in the shape of[br]a heart.

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Actually.... that sounds kinda cool.

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But you know what's also cool, kids - SKINCARE!

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Skincare is cool.

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I will not be held responsible anyone trying[br]to tan the shape of a heart into their leg.

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Do something more beneficial with your time[br]and…

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