JeansRedeemed - my new micro-Empire enterprise

I've had this concept as part of the greater VelvetGecko enterprise for a while. Originally it started off as an idea to make quilt cover sets out of old jeans, but has opened out a little bit from there. 

It's Summer, and as a way of getting things going,  I've been making Daisy Duke-style shorts out of some of the jeans I've collected.  It has been a bit of a nerve-racking experience, with some of my experiments turning out less than impressive, but I'm pretty happy now with how they are turning out in general, and have been filling my ideas journal with lots of designs and concepts.  I have a lot of fun going to op shops and finding beautiful things to decorate them with.  I'm trying to do lots of different "looks" as well as a huge range of sizes, in the hope that there is something for all tastes.  I haven't forgotten the boys, but it's a different aesthetic and I haven't got anything finished yet that the general jeans-shorts-wearing guy would probably like. 

But yeah, shut up and make pictures already! 

These ones are probably the closest thing to unisex that I have finished atm.

They're a straight cut men's work jean. Dip-bleached.  I Like the way the bleach crept up the side.

I tied-dyed these Levis with bleach, and added this gorgeous hand-crocheted cotton lace that I found in a local op shop.









I'll be posting a selection of these shorts regularly, so check back in if you want to see more designs, or if you prefer facebooky, check out www.facebook.com//JeansRedeemed