Cutting the sleeves off a denim jacket: HOW?

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Permalink Reply by James on June 27, 2012 at 4:50pm

How to cut sleeves off of a jacket:

 

1. grab a pair of trusty scissors

2. cut the sleeves off

 

tip: cut only the sleeves off, not the rest of the jacket. if you notice youre not cutting the sleeves off youre doing it wrong. if youre cutting the sleeves off you probably did it correctly.

 

good luck and remember, youre cutting the sleeves off. dont try to cut off the pockets or collar or anything like that, dont be a hero

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Permalink Reply by Nathaniel on June 28, 2012 at 1:12pm

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Permalink Reply by Emily! on June 29, 2012 at 12:11am

trololololol

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Permalink Reply by Maegen [Loves me some Oi!] on June 29, 2012 at 9:31pm

I cut the seams for a nice clean cut c:

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Permalink Reply by Steve on June 29, 2012 at 11:41pm

This. 

Cutting the stitches with an exacto knife that hold the sleeves on gives it a much cleaner cut with no fray.

Takes longer than just cuttin em off, but you never regret doing a good job!

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Permalink Reply by Vox-mercy on July 3, 2012 at 6:56pm

 From my observation, nobody really had a proper way of de-sleeveing a denim jacket. Some methods were hideous than others.

 If it were me, I would use a red devil blade to run under the seams where the sleeve meets the rest of the jacket. When you're done, run it through the wash and razor off the leftover denim strands.

 I think if you go as far to undo the stitching, you might risk screwing up the jacket by unwraveling parts you don't want to.

 

 

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