I was in a bit of a refashion funk this weekend. Not feeling terribly creative. Finding zero inspiration in my refashion closet. So I decided to go back to the basics with a simple pants-to-skirt transformation. Enter these too-short dark denim Express trousers.
I started by cutting open the inseam.
I turned the pants inside out and folded them so the side seams were together. Then I sewed straight up the front and back seams with a straight stitch then a zig-zag stitch, and trimmed off the excess fabric.
I cut off the bottom 15 inches of the legs and gave my new skirt a new hem.
There's is nothing remarkable about this project. Nothing ground-breaking.
But sometimes you've gotta just do something to get yourself out of a funk.
And sometimes you get a great, versatile wardrobe staple out of it!
This is the first Canadian tuxedo I've EVER seen that I liked! haha!
ReplyDeleteGreat skirt. Nice background for the pics too.
Well, I'm not sure how widespread the phrase is, but down here a Canadian tuxedo is an outfit comprised of multiple denims. No offense intended. :)
DeleteNone taken - I was serious when I said this is the first one I've ever liked! Somehow it's just not as denim-y ... I think the 70's and 80's were probably the worst decades for jeans and jeans jackets, and that's what I think of when I see the term :)
DeleteThe project itself might not be all that remarkable, but the outfit you put together with it surely is!!!
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Thanks, JJ!
DeleteClassy! :)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to see more photos of the outside finished edge. Every time I try to do this it looks wrong from the outside. Like the seam isn't flat but sort of folded in. I'd love any pointers because I have a pair right now I am trying to convert and it just looks wrong.
ReplyDeleteIf I may answer Toni, because I've had the same issue, you might find a good pressing fixes that - it did for me :) Iron the seam to one side, then flip it to the other, then press the seam open (if you haven't zigzagged it). That should make it lie flat......
DeleteLike Gema said, I make sure to press all my seams nice and flat. It's funny actually - I love ironing my sewing, but I hate ironing laundry!
DeleteAbsolutely Darling, Carissa !!!
ReplyDelete(This so reminds me of a pair of bellbottoms that I had in the '70s).
First of all the denim is very nice along with the original styling of the waist band/pockets - so classy! AND then you used your "magic" eye in seeing a high end skirt.
The waistband is what originally drew my to the pants as well. Unfortunately, that fact they were too short kind of distracted from the cute details. :)
DeleteClassics never go out of style. This look is so you!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteI love this, it's just such a versatile piece...and I've also been feeling that way about refashioning for the past couple of weeks, so I'm glad I'm not going mad!! I'm hopeful that, in doing a couple of simple refashions, I'll be more motivated to try exciting/challenging stuff... Keep going!!
ReplyDeleteSometimes a couple simple projects get me going again, and sometimes I just have to ride through the funk, work on other crafts in the meantime, and eventually, I get my sewing mojo (sewjo?) back. Stick with it, Gema!
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