Tutorial Tuesday: Jeans refashioned

Drum roll please. My first refashion tutorial! I am so excited to show you my little project this morning. I have a lot of jeans that have holes here and there and I really didn't want to just throw them away, (I have an emotional attachment to my clothes) so using 3 pairs of old jeans I made 2 skirts and a purse (tutorial to come). They are way cute and I love that I was able to control the length. I always think the jeans skirts I see are too long or WAY too short, so it was nice to be in control.

In order to make the skirt you will need the following:
2 pairs of old jeans ( This will do 1 1/2 skirts)
Scissors
Sewing Machine
Thread
Pins

I started with this:

an old scruddy pair of jeans

I cut up the seam in the middle on both sides like this:


Then, I cut off the jeans straight across at the length I wanted the skirt, this is now the main part of the skirt.


Then I cut the leg (front and back) out of the other pair of jeans. I pinned it together and sewed it like this:


After the front and back pieces of the leg were sewn together I pinned it (inside out) to my skirt piece as shown below.

I then sewed the 2 pieces together using a zig zag stitch. There will be an edge of material on the outside but this is good. It will fray in the dryer which will give it a fringy edge. I think it really adds to the skirt.


Now repeat cutting out the pant leg, front and back, but this time sew it to the back of the skirt like this:


You are finished! Enjoy! I got so many comments about my skirt at church. It is so nice to have a cute jean skirt that I was able to customize. If you try this out, PLEASE POST YOUR RESULTS.

Have a GREAT day!