The Pictorial Exhibit–the Website is 501 Levi Original fit and tall & big original fit jean for men.

This site helped me with my decision to write about my dad.  I found the best way to write about my dad was by designing and making the 8-feet long pictorial exhibit which ..included his creative innovations; rare pictures, stories and other surprises.  It was made of a heavy plywood with a center piece and two sides.  

I had always respected Levi Strauss & Co and is the reason I decided last year to write about 501 Levi jeans original fit and tall & big original fit jeans for men for my website.  Knowing about the personality and the background of Levi Strauss also motivated me to build the pictorial exhibit.  So how were jeans made for such a large 47- foot structure?

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  The Mule Story–three

Read the mule stories in order.  The mule story-one-tells how the stories relate to Levi® jeans?    

                The Unexpected Call—dreaded and late

How would you react to a late unexpected call from the police when you are asleep in bed?

Find out how dad handled the call!

Francis is Keeping Company with the Police at 2:00 in the Morning.

It was a morning just like this.  A time for sleeping or else waiting for dawn!

One late night late, dad received a call from the police.   They said, “Mr. Wheeler, you need to come out and take a look at your mule!!“

A call from the police makes a polite complaint?

Dad rushed out and ran to the front of the curio shop where Francis was kept in the back.  With only his slippers and the same pants and shirt, dad wore earlier that night, he ran with tears in his eyes.  That mule loved dad and followed him everywhere 

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My Mule Stories-one-

Francis at a Tea Party at a fancy hotel downtown.

What do these stories have to do with 501 Levi original fit and tall & big original fit jeans for men?

Levi Strauss and my dad both had the same qualities and their way of doing business was similar.  I decided that these mule stories fitted in with the history of Levi Stauss & Co during the 1950’s.  

1950’s was the time dad trained his mule to drink coca cola out of a bottle; an innovative way to advertise his business, a curio shop named the Corral Curio Shop.  LS&Co also embarked on an innovative way for advertising and promoting his products.   Both a western motif. 

Both Levi Company and the curio shop catered to certain people.  Exciting times happened in the 1950’s for both the Corral Curio Shop and the Levi Company.  Let me begin this little saga so that all will understand why I included these mule stories.  These are my memories and I hope they will become yours too.

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An introduction to Francis, our beautiful mule who loved drinking cokes and who entertained thousands of tourist over 50 years ago.

He is talking to you.  “Heeeee Haa.”

Now, you may ask me what does a mule story have to do with 501 Levi jeans for men?   I would say,  my vivid memories of those days of the big 47-foot cowboy, brings a wealth of reminders of the denim jeans that the cowboy wore.

Many tourists touched the denim jeans and the cowboy and put their kids on top of the shoe to take pictures.  But that memory extends to other things my dad did which the tourist enjoyed.

I wrote some stories recently that just reminded me of that day over 50 years ago.   Yep!  My mule stories.

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Presenting Now an unzipped blog from Levi Strauss & Co

FROM LEVI STAUSS UNZIPPED BLOG—“HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THE ANATOMY OF A PAIR OF JEANS?  

An Unzipped blog by  TRACEY PANEK, HISTORIAN FOR LEVI STRAUSS & Co.   Please review all of the

UNZIPPED BLOGS by TRACEY PANEK.   www.Levi.com/page/blogs 

I just took this quiz. I should have passed with flying colors since my website is about 
501® Levi jeans for men tall and big, original and regular.   I scored 9 out of 10, but 
I missed one about the date. I am not good at remembering dates!   This TRIVIA QUIZ is FUN. 
It will give you the answers immediately after each question--a great way to learn about jeans. 
Tracey from Levi Strauss & Co  is the one responsible for the quiz. She has done many things 
to her credit. She became the historian with Levi Strauss and Co. in 2014.   Her job is to 
inspect or examine the various items suited to make up the company's archives.  
These items include garments; photographs; documents; posters; and other business dealings,and 
public records that all need safe keeping.  She also has experience being a Historian and Author. 
She also has skills in public speaking and lecturing,  She is in charge of acquiring (finding) and 
preserving any historical items that are discovered. She takes in every detail to find out the 
background with insight and does it well enough to tell the story. She is an interesting person 
and I feel honored to bring this quiz to you. 
Her interview included questions about how she became interested in being an historian. 

She describes her typical day and shares what she did not expect by becoming an historian 
for LS&Co and includes her favorite item from the archives. 

She stated that her job was challenging and she ends the interview by telling the Levi's story. 
Check out this unzipped blog entitled, "Bring history to life with LS&Co."  

Now check out this quiz. ENJOY!!  Let me entertain you! 
The 501® Levi original and tall & big fit jeans for men is an 
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click the link below for the quiz, please and see how much you know about the anatomy of a 
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Click comments above and let us know what you think about this quiz, the website, LS& Co, and the jeans.

My friends,  this is a long entertaining play that I wrote.  You may need to divide your time in reading it or you may want to read to the end.    I have an intermission.  If you would like to stop there or at any time and go to my other posts or pages, please do so.  

The purpose of this play that I wrote is to entertain and to bring you “close” to a company I have loved since the 1960’s because Levi Strauss & Co. fitted my dad’s 47- foot cowboy with their 501 original jeans.   ENJOY THE PLAY.

INTRODUCTION of the theater program.

Play’s Long Title–-How Judy and Maggie  Relate the work of slaves chopping cotton to how Levi Strauss integrated factories with Black Americans long before the civil Right’s Act of the 1960’s.”

Play’s short Title--“Levi plays a part with Black American History.

Act 1–Judy and Maggie learn about the role and work of the slave in the U. S.

A Restored slave cabin.  Laura Plantation near Vacherie, Louisiana.

Ray—This is a story about how Judy learned a little surprise about chopping cotton.   Her history class would benefit by researching how Levi Strauss, maker of 501 jeans for men and other styles of fashion did his part to symbolically free the black American by giving him his civil rights.

Relating her experience in the small town in Oklahoma, her students would realize the importance of their research.

Abby, Ella. “Slavery.” Emaze. Contributor public page.                                     www.emaze.com/slavery

Judy—According to what I have been told throughout the years in my life, the Wikipedia well expresses slavery, especially those in the field, is this manner.

Field slaves usually worked in the fields from sunrise to           sundown, while being monitored by an overseer. The         overseer was there to make sure that slaves did not                   slow down or cease their field work until the day                                  was over.

Wikipedia contributors, “Field slaves in the United States.” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.  4 Aug. 2016. Web. Nov. 23, 2016

—The first part of this play,  takes place in a little town and a cotton field in Oklahoma.   The dialogue begins with two high school history teachers; friends who live in Dallas.

Ray—This is the stage in the late 1950’s that was used in this play. I may include it in other places to remind you that it is a play. It starts with two friends talking about their teaching jobs at the middle school nearby.  They are in Judy’s home relaxing after a long day of teaching.   Maggie lives nearby, and it is their habit to drink coffee and talk about their students and their history lessons.

But this ‘day’ would prove to be distinctive for both Maggie and Judy.  It was their lesson in history that would not be forgotten.

Maggie—I am still elated that the kids are excited to learn about the cotton manufacturing plants.

Judy—I am on the same lesson.

Maggie— I concentrate more on the cotton manufacturing process.

Judy—  They just learned today in my class about all the products that can be made with cotton.   There are a lot of products and information the Story of cotton shows  When we came to the part about jeans, they all laughed.

Maggie— They said The Jingle, did they not?

                  Pat,                                                                                                                                            clap,                                                                                                                                           snap  to  the, snap to the rhythm,  pat– pat 

         Judy–  Here we go now–                                                                                                                                                                                           RHYTHM

         Judy—find me jeans.         

Maggie—Jeans for me too?

          Judy—For you jeans?

 Maggie—501 Levi jeans?

          Judy-— find me Levi jeans too,                              please.

 Maggie— 501 Levi jeans for you too?          Row, David, “Lesson, Songs,                                                                                                Ideas.”    Make Moments                                                                                                     Matter.  Educational                                                                                                           Teacher’s Guide,                                                                                                                      Web. 24 Sept. 2016  “clicking fingers to the beat of the RHYTHM”                    

      Judy—find me jeans too, please.

Maggie—501 Levi jeans for men?

       Judy—find me 501 Levi jeans for men- for tall and big, original &                   regular.   

Maggie—find me jeans too, please?          Weagley, Vance. “How to                                                                                          snap Your Fingers.” The 11 Most                                                                                 Unnecessary ‘How To’ Guides of                                                                                  the Web.”  Feb.2009. www.                                                                                              cracked.com/article_17018_the                                                                                  11-most-unnecessary-how-to                                                                                      guides.

Ray—Judy and Maggie discuss their trip to Oklahoma to visit Maggie’s family.  They both looked forward to visiting relatives and having fun at the Jute joint owned by Maggie’s aunt.  Maggie went often and Judy was happy to visit there.

Maggie went often and Judy was pleased to be invited

Biafra, Jello. “Feature: History of the Juke Joint.”   WordPress Blog post.  Rock and Roll Junkie.  June 2015. Web. 23 Nov. 2016

Maggie—–My grandma’s stories will make you cry and laugh too.   Do you know why the slave was called a lazy coon in my family when they were slaves?

Picture of hookworms>>Walsh, Michael. “Hookworm.” Infection Landscapes. Other Infectious Diseases and Microbe sites. web. 13 Feb. 2012. Accessed Nov. 23, 2016. http://www.infectionlandscapes.org/2012/02/hookworm.html#uds-search-results

Maggie—According to the article about “Hookworms” caused the slave to be protein and iron deficient; not to mention the hard work involved working in the field all day.  

The slave did not wear shoes and this is where the slave most likely got the infections disease.  The slaves were not lazy since they worked in the field.  

And then had to take care of responsibilities upon return home from the field.

Judy— I agree.  I did not know about hookworms being responsible for the slave’s image of laziness that prevailed in the Civil War times. That is another research item for my students.

Ray—While staying with Maggie’s aunt Dot, Judy learned how to cook tripe .

Judy-–  What is it you are cooking?   Can I help?”                                                Dot—Mmm.  No there isn’t anything to do here?  Do you like tripe?

Judy—Not sure.  What is tripe?  How do you cook tripe?”

Dot—Tripe is just the lining of a cow’s stomach.  I am cleaning it; getting rid of the fat.  After that, I will put it in the pot on the stove and simmer it for about 2 1/2 hours.  I am cooking it for my ‘no good husband’.  You can have some tripe too or you can eat the chicken saved from last night.”

Image from Spain  Lastras, Javier.  “Tripe.”  Blogspot.  Flickr.  8 Jan. 2010. Accessed Nov. 23, 2016.  www.flickr.com/photos/jlastras/4259276417  

Judy–Well, this time, I will eat the chicken.  After eating we all took a short nap and then walked to the Jute joint.  It became quite lively later on in the evening but I loved listening and dancing to the soul music.  Everyone had fun.

The next few days, we talked with Maggie’s family.   Grandma talked about her slave days.

Ray—Friday morning, everyone got up early to go to the farm to chop cotton.  Judy and Maggie were asked to help with the work.

Judy—Of course I would love to go, but I do not know how to pick cotton.

Maggie—  Don’t worry about that.  I will give you a garden hoe and show you how to chop cotton.  We will start at 5:00 in the morning.  And  I’ll have a hat for you to wear, but make sure you put on your jeans.

Judy–  Soon we stopped beside the little track of a road, and I noticed there was no cotton that I could see.   Where is the cotton?  I asked in surprise.

Maggie—“Oh I am sorry,  We are going to chop cotton.  It makes it so that there will be more room for all the cotton, I guess.

Now here we have your garden hoe that you can use.”    (I do not know where this picture came from but it was a free image.)

Ray–Judy was surprised.    After meeting the other friends of Maggie and finished loading the extra supplies to the farm house, it was time to chop cotton.

INTERMISSION

 Go and relax for awhile if you are tired of reading.  I hope you have enjoyed the play so far.  You may even want to check out my blogs or the pages to my website.  

My dad built a 47-foot cowboy This was in 1960 and  Levi Strauss provided the 501 original fit jeans. Please continue at your own pace and email me at  judy@findmejeans.com.  Would you like a postcard picture of the big cowboy?

Act 2–Judy’s time in the cotton field with Maggie in Oklahoma.   Levi Strauss & Co. integrate their factories and hire  Black Americans long before the Civil Rights Act on the 1960s.

Maggie—–“We are going to start on this side and go on down this row to the end. Let me show you how.”  

Judy—The rows seemed long to me but I was ready to start.

Wolcott, Marion Post, Photographer. “Bayou Bourbeau Plantation.”  Gallery by Christie. Library of Commerce.  circa 1940. accessed Nov. 24, 2016. https://www.flickr.com/photos/christie4679/galleries/72157623356053553/                

Judy– The plants and the weeds looked all the same.   Maggie  demonstrated the chopping of cotton for me once again.  I started on my row and looked down to the end.  

It did not seem that far.  I was going pretty fast, but the others were going a fairly fast too.  A little later, I started to slow down to an unsteady pace.  It was getting unbelievably wretched.

I was getting a more sweaty.  By the time we had reached the end of the row to go back, we all drank a lot of water first.

I thought it was a little too hot to continue, but everyone had started back down the row, and so did I.

About half way down, or so I thought, my face was starting to be copious with tears of sweat.  My vision was blurred and  I was dizzy and did not complain, but I did slow down a lot.

I had heard a person commenting that the day was a scorcher.  Today there was a new meaning for the word, scorcher.

I looked up and glanced down to the end of my row.   Hot snot!!   It was just too far!  Sweat was pouring down my face like heavy, angry rain.  I heard some people singing.  Can’t remember a note they sang now.

Maggie notice me stumbling and talking to myself.  She gave me a rag to wipe my face.   I looked around for a water jug, but apparently, no one had one.

Water, water, water was in my thoughts.  It was at the end of the line, or was it?   Was I in a green desert?

You can see in this picture how hard I was working.
   Averkamp, Stephanie. “What is Sweat Made Of?” Fitness for Weight Loss, copyright 2015.  Accessed Dec. 17, 2016

To make a long story short, I did not think I could have finished.  My back hurt because you had to chop hard to get the weeds dug out and the garden hoe I used was too short.

Besides that, it was just too hot to work.  Water, water. Water—I was slowing down and was way behind the others who were joking and zipping on down.  Someone noticed me and told Maggie. 

She said, “I was in low cotton” today and helped me to the truck that was parked in the shade.                                                                                         

I was glad.  When I got back, I took a long swig of water (and poured some on my face).  My T-Shirt was soaked.  When Maggie got back, we just took the truck on back to the farm house.  

Then we took her car home.   But first, she went to the house to thank the woman who had cooked some beans and rice.  She smiled so kindly.

Judy–“I am sorry I did not finish my row.”

Maggie–“That is okay.  You are not experienced in working in sweltering heat. They will work for a few more hours and will be stopping before it gets too hot.  Probably around noon.  {You got to be kidding, I thought) Everyone will take a nap, and leave early evening to work the fields again. They will stop when it gets too dark to see.”  

Judy– “What does it mean, ‘she’s living in low cotton’?”

Maggie-–“It means that you are just having a bad day.”   

Judy—I have thought about that morning several times in my life.   Yes!  I was living in low cotton.  But I wanted to go back someday to try picking cotton once again.  I felt a little sad knowing how the slaves must have felt like having to do the arduous work in the field all day without letup. How could anyone call a slave—lazy?
Yes!  I would have a lot to say to my students in my history class and to teach it in the direction where my students would get a better understanding on how the slave really must have felt by chopping and picking cotton.  

I had also learned how Levi Strauss, the maker of Levi 501 jeans, had his sewing factories integrated before the Civil Rights Act was in place.   The following is an account that happened in The Civil Rights Movement on the 1960’s.   It shows how Levi Strauss was one of the first to integrate his factories.

          Levi Strauss and Co.’s innovations in workplace 
          practices and social responsibility led the way to 
          corporate America throughout much of the 20th                                        century.  For example, the company’s commitment                                    to equal employment opportunities diversity                                               predated the U.S. Civil Rights movement of federally                                 mandated desegregation by two decades.  Levi                                         Strauss and Co. opened integrated factories in California                       in the 1940’s.     In 1960, to supply a growing need                                   for jeans,  the company expanded production to towns                             in the Southern United States.  As a precondition to                                   opening manufacturing plants, the company insisted                               that the workforce was to be integrated from day one,                             which flew in the face of established regional norms.                                 The company encountered fierce community resistance,                         but eventually provided and set an example for other                               employers to follow.   
Strauss, Levi & Co.  “Original for 150 years: Story of Levi                   Strauss.”  PRNews Release.  01 May 2003.  Accessed Dec. 1,           2016.

Judy–continues.  In researching Levi Strauss & Company, I learned their issues of desegregation, equal rights, sustainability, and other important social events were topics my student would find relevant and engrossing.  

Their example being first in many social awareness issues gives evidence that the icon, Levi Strauss, maker of the first 501 Levi jeans for men, is still, in spirit, with the same example of his business acuity, honesty, and hard work

He was generous with his charity and in fact. he was known for his philanthropy.   The Levi Strauss & Co has also donated lots of money to various charities with the real idea of helping.  

And when the history lesson comes to the turbulent times of the 1950’s and the 1960’s there will be a variety of research findings.  

Individuals and companies did their share of the issues of those nervous times and sometimes violent times.  But I know that my experience with chopping cotton and relating it to the slaves will perk up and magnify their interest.  

My students loved the 47-foot cowboy who Levi Strauss fitted with Levi jeans in 1960.  The next project will involve the production of the jeans from cotton fields to the distribution of the final product-—Levi denim jeans.   

Picture owned by Angelica Paez.  Visit her on facebook and Ipernity.  You can see her works on Y Scrapatorium.   I am grateful for her generosity and loving concern for me.  Her artwork probably began as a young child, but she has been doing a particular style of art for twenty years.  I met her on a website called Ipernity.

This story/play is dedicated to Levi Strauss, Angelica Paez, and Tracey Panek of Levi Strauss & Co. from me, the writer, Judy Kingsberry.  My dad’s cowboy seen here on this page, the 47-foot cowboy.

THE END OF STORY Of the Drama written by Judy.

Please leave any comments or questions here.  Judy feels everyone is important.  That is the reason my motto is, “Everyone has a Story.”  What is your story?   Are any of you familiar with chopping or picking cotton my hand?

If you had a company, what would your values be in the making of your product?  Please, I would like for you to give me feedback and critique about this story.   I would like to hear from all of you.

 Maybe you can share a few Southern expressions or idioms of your own.  Perhaps, you may have a story to tell too.  You are my readers and hopefully, by reading this play and the page, 501 jeans, you will understand my love for 501 Levi original fit jeans.

Thank you.   email comments, questions, and/or request to judy@findmejeans.com

Judy    Owner of the website,  501 Levi jeans for men- tall and big, original & regular.  https://findmejeans.com

The first 50 people to click the link below and sign their name on my email or give a comment below, will receive an autograph picture of the big cowboy.  Be sure to check the product review of the jeans first!  I also invite you to look around my post and pages.  If you leave this site, please remember that the big cowboy says, “Y’all come back when ya feel like it!  Here?”

How to shrink your jeans in four easy ways. Try it; you may find them smaller before you know it!!

In the old days—the 1950’s my family washed cotton items but hung to clothes on a clothes line.  I learned that cotton denim does shrink to a certain degree.

You can find out how much by searching Google It is best to wait when you first buy your jeans until your new jeans get to know you.

Later you can make the decision to use these different ways to shrink your pair of Jeans if they are too large.  Just remember!

The spray and soak way—an easy way too.

Fill a spray bottle–any bottle will do if you can spray without dripping it all over the place.  The cork that held the bottle was too loose and I got a nice little shower.

“Use a fabric softener”, not one of the fabric sheets but the one with the liquid softener.      Put three parts water and one part of the liquid fabric softener.

This can be done with  the 501 Levi jeans or any jeans that are too large.

I like to use the dark Woolite for the dark jeans, but I have nothing to substantiate my opinions about the best fabric softener to use. Use your better judgment.

The three parts water and one part fabric softener go into one spray bottle and do a little dance to shake well.   But the directions are not quite over;  shake it, shake it well.  Of course with the top on.  

And just forget about adding detergent.  Okay?   We are talking about shrinking your jeans; not washing them. 

Spray the part of your jeans you want to shrink.  Then soak the area you want to shrink using your diluted fabric softener.

Two words–Spray and Soak.  Take your time.  I think of ‘soak’ as one would think of as a pair of diapers or sponge.  Really more than wet, right?

Spray lightly at first is to start it off.  Use your judgment here also.  If you need to shrink the area a lot in inches, you can always do it again.

It is like once, twice and three times a charm.  Please, make sure the entire part of the area is completely soaked. Wiki says the word, “douse”  the area.                                         

I like this way when the waist is not tight enough.  It has begun to stretch out way too much.  Spray the waistband in front and in back–all the way around in fact.

Careful now, we are still talking about the combined softener with the water solution. because this way is really helpful if the waistband has begun to stretch out.

Again, make sure the waist is completely soaked with the water and softener combination.   There is a reminder to go slowly to shrink the waist as much as you need; not more.

This way works with the top part of the jeans need to shrink a little too.

Now put, throw or pass your jeans in the dryer.  With my dryer, I have to go and turn it around on high periodically to keep it  on the highest setting possible.

I think it helps to know the workings of your dryer, but if you have to go to the laundry mat, their dryers usually stay hot for a longer time.  It is the way of the dryer.

“Remember to use the most intense settings possible.”                                                 The high heat should cause the soaked jeans to shrink.    I was thinking waist but anywhere you have sprayed and soaked the area will need watching.  

Be serious–that is the way to be.  You must be sure to take out your jeans as soon as they are dry.    

Air drying will not work.   It is the wrong way.   I use the heat cycle.   I always thought air drying was the way to go on a beautiful breezy day.   What do you think?                                         

Repeat as needed.   If the area does not shrink as much as you would like in your judgment the way to do it is spray and soak the area again.

The short way to remember this is to spray, soak and apply more of your fabric softener solution and try and try again.

Combinations of words help me remember; spray, soak and apply/dry. ==================================================

The Way of the Bath             

That should do it.  If you do not like this way, the next way is to do the hot bathtub solution.  Aha, this is a way to do it and at the same time have a restful way.  

I like to read and reading in the bathtub even with your jeans should make your muscles relax and the jeans to shrink.

Here is what to do and if you like to soak in the bath tub, then this is the way to go.  It also is the one to use if you are not planning to go anywhere.

Why?  Because you want your dream jeans to dry while on your body and before you take them off.

1. if you need your entire jeans to shrink.  Maybe read a little and drink some tea or coffee.  If you want to snack in the tub, be careful to get your jeans soaked.
2. Fill the bathtub with very hot water; at least as hot as you can stand it.
3. keep testing the water.  Just with brushing your hand through the water.   Too hot?  Well, you know what to do.  But when you do add some cool water, keep adjusting to see that it will be hot when you go in the tub.
4. Carefully slide in the tub or stand in it and slide in slowly.  Remember it is hot.
5. Stay in the bathtub for at least 20 minutes.  Keep adding some hot water if it gets too cold.   This might be a way to lose some weight. Ya think?
6. When you get out of the bathtub, dry off just a little.   Enough so you do not ruin the carpet or slip on the floor.
7. Go outside if it is a sunny day.   Sit on a plastic chair, not one of the cushion chairs.

When sitting or lying down, move around so that your jeans dry at the same time.

If you have to do it in the house.  Sit on a plastic chair or just walk around as little as possible.

If you have just the top part of your jeans to dry, try this next method.  Now it is more dangerous to get yourself burned, so pay attention to the directions.

Buy!  I think I will go and take a long bath now.  The little girl says after your jeans are dry.  “You look nice and the jeans look good on you.    

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The Boiling Way

1.   Turn your jeans inside-out.  That is an expression all of us is familiar with when told you can not put your arm through your sleeve.  

Or, in this case, to turn your jeans inside-out.  Doing it this way with the jeans inside-out will prepare the jeans to soak correctly.      (accessed from the website  http://www,wikihow.com:  Creative-Commons August 13, 2016) 

This step is especially necessary if shrinking new jeans with a fairly dark wash.   If working with a pair of light wash jeans or an old pair of jeans that have already faded, you might not need to turn your jeans inside-out and can skip this step.  

But if you want to be completely sure turn the pair inside out.   

2.  Boil water 3/4 full in a large stockpot and get a pair of tongs to lift your jeans up and to lift the jeans in the boiling water.  

Fill the large stockpot of water halfway to three-quarters full of ordinary tap water.   Set it on the stove and bring it up to a full, rolling boil using high heat.

The pot needs to be full enough to immerse the jeans.                                                                                                

3,   “Dunk your jeans in the boiling water.   Use tongs to put the jeans in the boiling water.   Let them soak for 20 to 30 minutes as the water continues to boil.   Do not cover the stockpot as it continues to boil and soak your jeans.”      

Check periodically to make sure the fabric stays completely under water and if need be, push the jeans under the water from time to time using your tongs.   I keep repeating myself about the tongs but do not want anyone to get themselves burned  accidently.

4.   Dry your jeans in the dryer.   Common sense tells you that you need a large pan or some item to put the hot wet jeans to carry them to the dryer.

I have not had to use this way but am sure you can find a container to take the jeans to your dryer.

So the directions for this step:  Remove your jeans from the boiling water and take them to the dryer immediately.

Turn the dryer to the highest heat setting possible and dry your jeans completely.  Please do not dry too long.      

The intense heat of the dryer will further tighten the fibers already tightened by the hot bubbling hot water from the stockpot.

Make sure you use the tongs to handle the jeans since they will be very hot.  (When you get as old as I am you will repeat directions several times.  ugh! )  

Let me know how this turned out for you!   Any problems?  Email me at judy@findmejeans.com

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The ironing way

Wash your jeans in hot water either by your washing machine or by boiling them.

Using your washing machine will allow you wash your jeans as you shrink them while boiling your jeans is faster.      http://www,wikihow.com:  Creative-Commons August 13, 2016) 

The boiling method is also slightly more flexible.   If you wanted to shrink just a portion of your jeans, like the waistband or your legs, you could put under only that part into the boiling water.  

Hold in place using the tongs.          

If using the washing machine method, add detergent as usual with a little liquid fabric softener.  Dark Woolite is good for dark jeans in my opinion.                                                                 Make sure the water is hot for either method.      

Put your jeans into the dryer and dry them until they are damp, but not soaked.   Set the dryer on the highest heat setting.

This is especially important if you used the boiling water or if the washing machine did not put your jeans through the spin cycle.            

Your jeans must be still wet, but not dripping wet.  You could spin them in the washing machine until dry enough to put in the dryer. Spin a little; not let it rain.

Iron the jeans until dry.   Place you damp jeans on the ironing board and iron your jeans until dry.   Use a moderate heating setting.

This may not shrink the jeans as much as the other ways Wiki how described but it can be effective if you only need a slight adjustment.”    http://www,wikihow.com:  Creative-Commons August 13, 2016)  

 My favorite way is shown here.   I will give you advice on the Product Review from the page above in order to share and avoid a negative result with hanging  jeans on the clothesline or with any other possible ones. 501 Levi jeans are an investment in good fashion.

      BASIC WAY TO CLEAN YOUR DENIM JEANS 

• READ LABEL FOR CLEANING INSTRUCTIONS for your 501 Levi Denim jeans and for tall and big, original and regular sizes.

• The number one recommendations are to never wash your jeans or else wash then every 6 months.  (It all depends on the type of exposure you have when wearing your jeans.
• If for example, you work outside in yard work, then probably you will need to wash your jeans.  I say to have an old pair to do this kind of work and have other pairs for extended wear.
• Use common sense.  If you get frustrated or whatever, contact me by email with the comment box.   Various methods are added in the posts concerning the care of your jeans.)

To wash your jeans, turn jeans inside out.  ( Wash only dark jeans with other dark jeans, but wash just a few together.

This is not the case with lighter colors because dark colors will more than likely fade on other light colored jeans.)

Well here is my advice using other website and experience using common sense.

Use detergent made specifically for washing jeans or a color protection detergent.  (For dark jeans, I recommend Woolite Dark for washing jeans.  (not talking about the softener.)  There are others you may want to use, but be careful and read the label

You do not need a lot of laundry soap.  It all depends on how dirty your jeans are, and the more you use, the longer the rinse cycle.  

This is advice that is useful for sheets, for example, if you wash them often.  I use less that what the label says because I clean them often and they are not that dirty. 

•           Select the coldest gentle cycle to wash.  (Hot water fades the jeans and also they will shrink to a certain degree.)  
•           Wash on gentle cycle for a couple of minutes.  May move the jeans with your hands also.  Then rinse and spin to wring out excess water.  

This is the premise to not clean your jeans often in the washing machine.

 But like I said, if they are very dirty, then I would probably wash the jeans in a short warm cycle.

•           Hang jeans on a line in your home in a shaded area; perhaps near a window until dry.
•           If the outside is cool, hang your jeans on a clothesline.   Or if warm outside, do not leave your jeans too long.  Allow them to drip- dry for 1 or 2 hours.  Put the damp jeans on the line in your home.
•          REMEMBER– Wait for the sun to go down  (one or two hours before sunset) to hang jeans on a clothesline under a tree for a cool shade.  
•           If this is not possible, then hang jeans on a clothesline in the shaded area in your home until the jeans are completely dry.        
•           Fold jeans and put them on a shelf or drawer with enough space to accommodate them.

That’s all folks.  I just want to make one point.  If you do want to put your jeans in the dryer, you can take them out at any point, but do not completely dry them, because they will wrinkle and possible shrink just a little.  Just use common sense.

Like the rest of the post, I have my email and a comment box.  I put these there so I can get some feedback.  Oh yes, you can find my website by searching:  Judy Kingsberry/finemejeans.

There is a song that goes like this.

Find me jeans.   Who wants the jeans?   Me. I want the jeans,  so find me jeans.   Who wants the jeans?   Me. I want the jeans,  so find me jeans.  Silly you.  Why are jeans so silly?   Well silly, find me jeans too.   Who finds them?  I just asked you to the find me jeans.   Who wants the jeans?   Me. I want the jeans, so find me jeans.  Silly you.  Why are jeans so silly?   Well, silly, find me jeans too.   Who finds them?

{Now this could go on and on, but if someone asks you to find them jeans.  Well, 501 Levi jeans for men is my website, but to buy them comes from Amazon.  Silly me!  Click the link, if only you want to check the jeans.}

501 Levi jeans page will show you about the styles of the original and regular jeans.  For big and tall men and average size men too.  The styles and sizes and measurements are on the pages above in accessories.

It is not silly to click on Product Review and get connected to what Levis accessories are provided you too before you buy.  Now I am not so silly, old but not silly.  Remember visitors, “Everyone has a Story.”

My email is judy@findmejeans.com  I really would like to hear how you wash your jeans.   Do you think the plan above is realistic for you?  Have you been cleaning your jeans this way?  Do you have other suggestions?

Do you think the plan of above is realistic for you?  Have you been cleaning your jeans this way?  Do you have other suggestions?   Is there a certain product you especially like?

Judy, owner of the website, finemejeans.com  I think you can find my website by searching,  Judy Kingsberry’s findmjeans.com

My web title is 501 Levi jeans for men-tall and big, original & regular Try searching on my title and if it doesn’t give you my website, the the above information will work.  Judy Kingsberry”s  findmejeans.com  or just finemejeans.com .

Thanks, I hope we will have a chance to talk again.