Worn all but 7 days of 2024 in the yearlong Indigo Invitational denim fading competition, I made these cone mills raw denim selvedge jeans entirely on my domestic 1951 singer 201-2 back in Dec 2023. Machine washed with a splash of bleach and machine dried them 22 times, roughly every week.5.

Making the jeans:    • Sewing raw denim selvedge jeans to we...  
Repairing the hole:    • First repair on the jeans I made (8.5...  
Washing the jeans (longer video to come):    • Machine washing/drying raw denim (for...  

0:00 - intro
0:16 - repair
1:08 - wear spots
1:41 - washing/drying
2:15 - fades
2:34 - belt
2:45 - footage
3:29 - outro
4:06 - photos / month 4* vs month 8.5 photos (*not month 2, typo sorry)

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