Why, hello! Let me
skirt the issue today. Here is a little crafty thing I did - and which I had been meaning to do for ages. I have lately discovered skirts. For a long time I never wore any. My confirmation way back in 1852 1984 was probably the last time I was seen in a skirt. Ah, no, actually, it wasn't - I wore an unbelievable pleated affair to the then current boyfriend's fraternity do. (Not sure what to be more disgusted about - the frumpy skirt or the absolutely inacceptable fraternity sh*t that I put up with...) Anyhow, it's taken me yeeeeears - and several kilos of shed weight - to dare don a skirt. And now I quite like them. So much so, that I took my scissors to a pair of old trousers and made the snip.
They are not the hippest thing anymore, but you'll remember these skirts that looked like they had been fashioned from a pair of trousers. Well, they were. To get the right length of skirt, I placed my favourite shop-bought skirt on top of the trousers and then cut the legs off the trousers, leaving some extra material for the hem. The cut off bits I put aside.
Then I took
the scissors to the top bit of the trousers, carefully cutting open the seams in the middle, all the way along the seam, right over the crotch.
Back
to the cut off legs. I cut those along the side seams, too, receiving 2 separate pieces of material per leg. Then I placed one of those pieces inside, under the front of the top trouser bit and pinned it in place. Make sure you get it all smooth and right. (It probably would have helped if I had ironed the trousers before starting this project - the pictures would have looked better, too...)
For the next step I did not take a picture - having everything pinned into place, I sewed the skirt together. To give my skirt a bit of a jeans-y kind of look, I used thread in a contrasting colour and sewed a double seam. Bingo.
So, that is it - a new skirt from an old pair of trousers. Dead easy, took about an hour in all. And I am a fluky seamstress - but no pattern needed. Now, it's obviously not the chicest of garments, but it's alright.
Best,
6 comments:
I like it! I would totally make a pair of these! I have a pair of pants that are just too tight in the hips to wear... perhaps they'll become a skirt? hmmmm...
neat! Looks like something I could do, not being the most skilled seamstress myself. Thanks for sharing!
Nicelly done! What's your next sewing project?
nice way to recycle your old jeans. unfortunatly my stitch-skills aren't that good to do the same with my own trousers :((
I still like skirts like this. In fact I have a pair of pants that the legs are just ridiculously huge on me and I was thinking about trying a skirt like this! I haven't worn a skirt in...years. I broke one of my ankles and now have two different sized ankles and that just doesn't equal skirt wearing to me. But I have a new pair of boots that shall take care of that and so skirts may be seen on me again in the near future. I also love your socks or tights or whatever those are.
Hello girls, thank you so much for commenting. I just found an old pair of jeans in my wardrobe - I guess I am gonna do another cheapskate skirt again, soon...
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