HOW TO TURN OLD JEANS INTO A STYLIN NEW SKIRT
HOW TO TURN OLD JEANS INTO A STYLIN NEW SKIRT
First, take out your old jeans, lay them out flat on the table and cut about 12 inches off the legs. If you want, you can make it shorter later.
Take out your seam ripper. If you don't have a seam ripper, get one. They are cheap and will ROCK your DIY world!
Turn the pants inside out and with the seam ripper, start ripping the seams at the crotch and go all the way down both of the inseams.
Now, turn your pants right side and rip out other outer part of the inseams.
When you are done it should look something like this.
Rip the front seam up to where the zipper begins and rip the back seam up to where your belt loops begin.
Carefully, pin the front pieces together. By carefully i mean, make sure the front stays smooth and you get no bunching. I also flattened out the top, overlapping seam all the way to give it a more DIY feel.
Then, turn your skirt inside out and pin the back pieces together. the most important part of the pinning is the very top where the seams meets the belt loop. Take your time to place the fabric together just right. When you pin, start from the top and work your way down to the bottom in a straight line. There will be excess fabric to cut off after you sew and try on skirt.
Sew a seam following your back pin line.
Turn the skirt right side out and sew a seam following your front pin line.
And you are done!
If you like how it fits, cut the excess fabric off the back seam you sewed. and If you want it shorter, now is the time to cut.
Also, it's a blank canvas...add some cool stitching, patches, stencils, whatever!
OOOH yes I finally made it!!!
I got my cargo skirt out of cargo pants... ^_^
You're awsome!!
you guys rule! im making a video response RIGHT NOW showing off my awsome new skirt. I stenciled on the ass "these were once ugly old jeans" (well, the back, really)
and on the fron i embroidered flowers and stuff around the pockets. it looks great!
@ toodaloos93.....cant wait to see it !
may i say....arrrrrrrrrr and double arrrrrrrrrrrrr...
my video camera was stolen! it had the video and everything!!
sorry guys, it looks awsome....
If you're bootilicous like me and you need a little extra room; feel free to use the part of the leg you cut off...open the inner part of the legs a little and create a triagle. Pin and stitch.
hey guys-
how do I upload just a picture?
Head to the forums :)
Thanks for the great tutorial. I just made my own version...you can check it out here: http://cakeandpie.typepad.com/cake_pie/2007/07/diy-denim-skirt.html
Thanks again:)
I love this idea! I made one myself but shorter and with a cool sew on fringe at the bottom. I want to send a picture in but I don't know how......
also lovely for those jeans that wear out in awkward places like...the inner thigh but are perfectly good everywhere else. patches look waay less awkward on the back of a skirt than they do on the inside of you leg.
This is so cool! Most pants-to-skirts are always either making them really short and adding fabric or opening them up and putting in fabric triangles. I'm glad I saw this! Now I can finally make some skirts outta old jeans and not have to buy any new clothes (since my mom's outta work, lol)
yay!
i love it!!!!! totall making my sister and me matching ones...ha
I love the skirt! I tried to make one of those and i looked terrible.
Did one last night and it's so cute, but i cute triangles out of the side od the skirt and sewedd them back on with a diifert deim, with seams showing to goive it more oringinality.
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i cute triangles out of the side od the skirt and sewedd them back on with a diifert deim, with seams showing to goive it more oringinality.
hahaha super superr :D
I made one of these when I was in sixth grade, only I made it a bit too short and my parents were unhappy,lol.
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I just found this pattern recently & I have to say that it's fabulous!!! I converted a couple pair of ripped work pants into skirts & now I have great new outfits to wear to work! I did not cut the length of the legs, however, because I like long skirts. I decided to add a slit up the back for ease of movement & it worked perfectly! Thanks for the great idea! I will post pictures as soon as I can get my hubby to take them.
I use some other fabric to add width in the front or back sometimes both if it is a skinny pr of jeans. I have made about 8 skirts. If you have jeans that are a little snug them make a great skirt. I have some short and some long. Fun..