Enhance distressed denim shorts and hot pants with a little sparkle

What you need...

• Dremel 300 multi-tool and Sanding Band & Mandrel 13mm grit 60 (407)
  Dremel Versatip cordless soldering iron with soldering tip 201
  Denim shorts
  Hot fix gems, 5mm and 3mm
  Flat piece of scrap wood

instructions

1. Step One - Fit your Dremel 300 multi-tool with the sanding band & mandrel. Slide a flat piece of scrap wood into the pocket of your shorts to support the area you wish to work on and protect the layers of fabric beneath. Use it to create a worn effect on the edges of pockets and on some of the seams, re-positioning the scrap of wood as necessary.

2. Step Two - Slide the scrap of wood down the inside of the shorts, positioning it behind each area you are going to work on. Take your multi-tool and sanding band, then distress patches of the fabric, as in step one, in rough patches to create on-trend worn areas. You can also use a different grit to get smoother effects. Sand down to reveal the threads of the cloth and continue until the desired effect is achieved.

3. Step Three - Fit the hot blower head into the Versatip and set it to a low heat. Using the picture above as a guide, arrange the large gems to suit the feature of your shorts, for example around the seams of the pockets, and hold over each gem until the glue melts and the gem fuses to the fabric.

4. Step Four - When using very small gems along the side seams or the tiny pocket, it is possible that the hot blower head may scorch the fabric. To avoid this, fit the soldering tip into the Versatip, touching it to the gem to fuse it to the fabric.

5. Difficulty rating: - One star – easy

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