Getting Crafty

Most of you know that my girls are definitely girly-girls and love to wear skirts. This month in Family Fun Magazine there was an article on converting old jeans into skirts. I thought this was a cool idea. I tried it and thought I'd pass it on. The magazine gave no-sew instructions, but since I didn't have fabric glue, and I feel pretty confident in my sewing abilities, I decided to sew them. Since I'm not yet computer savvy enough to create a link, I thought I'd give my own instructions. (If these aren't very good, or if you prefer no-sew, I'm sure you could google it and find their instructions). It only took about 45 minutes to get out my sewing machine and sew the skirts.

Here's a picture of the girls modeling them. (The insructions follow so if you're not interested in reading them you can stop reading here.)

First, you cut the jeans off at the knees ( I cut just above the holes) at a length you want. Then cut along the seam on the crotch of the jeans. On the front, you cut it to within abut an inch of the fly. In the back, I just cut until it seemed like it would lay flat when I overlapped the piece. Then I cut the seam on the cut off porion of the jeans. I took this fabric and filled in the triangle that was created when I cut the jeans. I pinned it in place and top stictched along the seams. Then I trimmed off the excess fabric. I then left the botton un-hemmed, I'm washing them today to see how well that actually works. The girls loved them and couldn't wait to wear them. Here is a picture of the back of Olivia's skirt. There was a small hole in the bum, so I took a few extra scraps and made a heart shaped patch.