How-to turn your acid wash jeans into frayed bermuda shorts and two ways to wear them

I was really craving some frayed acid wash bermuda shorts, but I couldn't find them anywhere. So I decided to work some sewing magic and make some.

I started with buying a pair of discounted acid wash jeans for $9.95 at Pacsun.

I put them on to get an idea of where I wanted to cut.

Use nice sharp scissors so it cuts evenly.

I cut way longer than I actually wanted them just to be safe.

Put them on and trim them a little more. Remember that about a half inch will be the frayed edges so make sure it's long enough above that.

Next, where you want the longest part of the shorts that's not frayed to be, make two stitches about a quarter inch apart.

With hems on both sides to prevent the fray from going higher, the shorts should look like this.

Next, the tricky part is getting the ends to fray. I tugged at the fibers and used a needle to pick at the ends.

The ends started to look like this.

I ended up trimming the fray until it was only 1/4 to 1/2 an inch long. Washing them will also help with the fray.

Here they are!

And here are two ways to wear them!

Kenny decided to pose too!

I am loving these shorts! They are a great length and fun to pair with a number of styles.

Thanks to my talented artist friend Christy Grace for the pointers!