Refashion Jeans to Skirt

In North America, we had a long weekend. If you are lucky enough to have an extended weekend, I hope you had a great time. Unfortunately, my family and I spent the entire weekend recuperating indoors, trying very hard to recover from a terrible cold. We did crawl out of the house yesterday to support the Melon Fest organized by a local farm. It was nice to be out in the warm sun, enjoy some apple cider and eat fresh cinnamon-sugar sprinkled donuts.

See this pair of jeans here?
Well, someone gave it to my husband. It was his size, but when he put it on, it was way too snug. I was thinking of giving it away, but when I tried it on, the jeans actually fit me well around the waist. It was very baggy everywhere else, so I definitely had to refashion it if I wanted to keep it. I decided to try a project that had been floating about in my head for a while now.

Before I did anything, I ran the jeans through the washer, with about 1/2 - 1 cup of epsom salt to soften it. It was still not as soft as I would like, but I decided not to distress the jeans any further.

First, I used a seam ripper to remove the waist band. I did not like the look of the band, and how high the pants sat on my waist with the band on.
Next, I remove the back pockets.
Finally, I was able to do some cuts, as shown in the photo below:



The strips are from the legs of the jeans. Can you see where I was going with this?

Here's the final result:

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It looks like a regular jeans skirt from afar, but very interesting close up. I debated sewing the back pockets on again, but it would have sat a little too high up. The next time I do this (and there will be a next time) I will adjust the back a little so that the bottom hem doesn't stick out quite as much.