How to Make a Cute DIY Denim Crop Top Out of a Pair of Old Jeans
Wondering what to do with some old jeans that you don’t wear anymore? Try this DIY denim crop top that you can make out of those old jeans. It’s pretty simple, and the tutorial includes a very neat trick for getting the size just right!
Tools and materials:
- Old jeans
- Scissors
- Thread
- Ribbon
- Pen
- Marker
- Ruler
- Embroidery thread
- Sewing needle
- Sewing machine (optional)
1. Disassemble your jeans
Fold your old jeans in half and lay them flat on your work surface. Cut off the legs of the jeans at the top of the legs.
Cut open the inside seam of one of the legs and then cut off the bottom hem.
2. Make your crop top pieces
Here’s a neat trick to get a good measurement for your crop top. Tie a ribbon around a pen. Now place the ribbon over your shoulder with the pen hanging in front at the length of the crop top you want.
Mark the ribbon where the top of the crop top should be.
Now, place your ribbon on your denim fabric, with the mark at the edge of the ribbon, well in from the edge of the fabric.
Pull the ribbon taught and use the pen on the other end to draw a perfect half-circle onto the denim.
On the remaining denim, draw three equal width rectangles the full length of the denim.
Cut out the half-circle and all three rectangles.
Fold the half-circle in half with the right side facing in and cut along the fold.
3. Make the crop top bodice
On one of the quarter-circles, using a sewing machine or hand stitch two basting rows at the curved edge, about a half-inch apart.
Pull the loose end of the threads to gather the edge and then tie off the loose threads.
Repeat for the other quarter-circle.
4. Make the crop top band and ties
With the wrong sides together, pin the gathered edge of both quarter-circles to a long edge of one of the rectangles, overlapping the inside edges of the two quarter-circles slightly.
This won’t take up the whole length of the rectangle, so position the left edge (as you are looking at it) of the crop-top to the edge of the rectangle.
Sew the pinned edges by hand or with a sewing machine.
Now pin another rectangle on top of the first one, with the right side of the rectangle facing up. This time position the right edge of the crop top to the edge of the rectangle.
Sew the second rectangle in place along the top edge.
5. Make the halter strap
Pin the ends of the third rectangle in place at the back of the top tips of the crop top for the halter strap.
Sew the halter strap in place using a “V” formation for extra strength.
6. Embellish the straps
Cut two rectangles of equal width from your remaining denim.
Trim them to an equal length.
Tie each rectangle into a bow by making one knot in the middle and sew the bows to the crop top over the spots where the straps are attached.
7. Make it even cuter!
Follow the pattern in the video from 7:15 to 7:54 to stitch a little pattern onto the crop top band.
DIY denim crop top
Simple and cute! What could be better! You’re going to love wearing this DIY denim crop top all summer long. Leave me a comment to let me know if you made one and how it turned out.
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Love It! U did an amazing job, n u look so adorable!!!👍️🤩