Slip on your jeans. Use chalk to roughly mark the area you want to distress. For a rather impressive hole in the knee area, it's best to start cutting two inches above the knee and two inches below.

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Turn the jeans right side out and with a seam ripper cut a hole within the square of where the bling patch is placed.

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