Master class: sew a skirt from old trousers. How to convert pants into a skirt How to make a classic out of big pants

Old forgotten trousers or jeans can please their mistress-fashionista more than once. To have a new thing in the wardrobe, it is not necessary to spend money. The main thing is desire and fantasy, and the thing that seemed unnecessary will find a second life.

Almost every woman has her favorite trousers that are tired or frayed, but it is a pity to throw them away, as they fit perfectly on the figure. By turning on your imagination and knowing how to hold a needle and thread, you can turn old trousers into a skirt. For rework, both denim and classic are suitable.

Skirt from old trousers

Favorite trousers found in the closet are not worn for several reasons:

• came out of ;
• size does not fit;
• there are several couples more beloved.

Classic trousers are more suitable for sewing a pencil skirt.

wear for any occasion:

• - to a disco and a summer walk;
• - to work and travel;
• - to a party and a walk in the park with a child.

It is this kind of wardrobe item that is most difficult to sew from old trousers and to make it work, certain conditions must be met:

• trousers for alteration must be exactly the right size;
• the step seam should open well (you will need it for allowances).

Step by step master class

In order to sew a new skirt from old trousers, patterns are not needed. Measurements and calculations will be obtained after fitting:

1. Having decided on the length of the future product, cut off the excess length.
2. Mark the widest part of the hips - to this point, cut along the inner seam.
3. Try on the product, mark the excess fabric with pins, fit the skirt to the figure.
4. Stitch the seams with a sewing machine.
5. Turn and hem the product. The skirt is ready.

Remember to leave an inch and a half seam allowance. When sewing a classic style, you need to make a wide seam by tucking the fabric twice, so you need 3 cm for the allowance.

Denim skirt

They quickly rub between the legs and on the knees, you have to part with them. If the fabric is not worn and washed, then it will fit for sewing a cute original skirt.

Work process:

1. Put on jeans and decide on the length.
2. Mark the widest line of the hips on the fabric.
3. Measure the bottom of the skirt width.
4. Take off your trousers and rip along the crotch - from the back to the mark of the hips, in front to the codpiece.
5. Turn the ripped workpiece inside out, put it on. To make the pencil skirt fit perfectly on the figure, you will need to chop the fabric at the back and front with pins.
6. Carefully remove the trousers, draw a seam line with chalk. Sweep with a needle and thread.
7. Try on. If the product fits well, then sew on a typewriter.
8. Cut and tuck the hem of the skirt.

So that the thing does not hamper movement when walking, the length should be above the knee by the width of the palm. Or make a slit in the back for ease of movement.

Leather pants skirt

To work with the skin will require certain skills. Not every sewing machine can sew leather. Without thinking through this point, you may be faced with the fact that the machine will pull or “not take” it.

To remake an expensive leather item, it is better to turn to professionals in the studio.

For independent work on a small piece of skin, you need to check whether the machine will take a double seam.

Otherwise, the alteration work is no different from classic or denim trousers.

The main difficulty in sewing leather products is that the material does not tolerate ripping and altering several times in one place.

Any mistakes will be left with noticeable needle holes.

It is better to take larger pants for sewing a skirt:

1. Break into separate parts.
2. Overlay the finished skirt pattern and make four separate blanks for a four-piece skirt.

All work will be done from scratch, but there will be no defects and small holes on the product, and the skirt will look like new.

With a flounce on the coquette (basque)

For a perky flounced skirt, old trousers and, if desired, a piece of fabric will come in handy.

To sew such a model, you will need to follow the following steps:

• Carefully cut off the top of the trousers, which will serve as the yoke of the skirt.
• Overlock or zigzag to process the edges.
• For flounces, rip open the cut off legs or cut the prepared fabric into wide ribbons. The width of the future shuttlecock should be 15-20 cm wider than the peplum. One frill is enough for a mini skirt. The circumference of the shuttlecock must match the circumference of the coquette. For a maxi skirt, you will need three frills (each next frill is 20 cm longer than the previous one).
• Sweep the yoke with a shuttlecock on the wrong side and sew on a typewriter.
• Edge trim or hem. The skirt is ready.

This style of skirt looks beautiful with a yoke of jeans. The fabric for flounces is selected to match, and the quality of the fabric does not matter. Great for:

• silk;
• chintz;
• chiffon;
• jeans;
• velveteen.

Floor skirt

For such a product, you will need trousers with whole knees and a beautiful bottom, because the entire length of the legs will turn into a skirt. For work you will need:

• out-of-fashion trousers;
• needle and spool of thread;
• sewing machine;
• scissors;
• decorative elements (lace, sequins, ribbons).

Principle of operation:

1. Open the inner and middle seams.
2. Remove protruding threads.
3. Wash and carefully iron the workpiece.
4. After spreading the fabric of the crotch, remove the extra corner.
5. Sew along the front and back seams.

If the product is too narrow, you need to insert a wedge. For a triangular wedge, fabric from other trousers or a contrasting fabric, such as corduroy, linen, velvet, nylon, is suitable.

Sew the cut and cut wedge into the product and try it on. After trying on, stitch the seams, zigzag the edges.

A narrow model will be saved by cuts that can be made at the back, front or sides, trim them with wedge fabric or lace.

Every woman in her wardrobe will definitely have old trousers or jeans that are out of fashion, but it’s a pity to throw them away. Try altering these trousers into fashionable capris, breeches or shorts.

To alter old jeans into capris, you need to do the following:

• trying on trousers and choosing the length;
• cutting and fitting the product according to the figure;
• arrange the bottom

Trying on and choosing the length

First, decide on the style and length of future capris. Capris will look better, narrowed to the bottom and just below the knee length. Try on trousers, outline the bottom line of future capris. Take off the trousers, from the intended line of the bottom of the trousers down, set aside 1-1.5 cm of the seam allowance.

Cutting and fitting

Cut the pants along the marked line.

Since we decided to slightly narrow the pants to the bottom, we outline future new side and step lines from the wrong side (narrow the bottom from 1.0 to 2.5 cm on each side and connect along the side - with the hip line, along the step line - with seat line).

Try not to narrow the bottom of future trousers too much. How to narrow trousers (shorts, capris) can be seen in the figure.

Baste the side seams and try on the capri pants. If everything is fine, we move on.

We grind side and step cuts on the sewing machine. We iron or iron the seams, depending on what the line was at the previous seam. You can completely flog the finishing stitches and sew again. We iron (or iron) the seams.

Capri bottom shaping

You can decorate the bottom of the capri in different ways: with a hem seam with an open or closed cut, facing, piping, lace, etc.

Consider several ways to process the bottom of a capri in more detail.

hem seam

The easiest way. It is necessary to bend the allowance on the wrong side by 0.5 cm, then another 1-1.5 cm, bast, and sew on a sewing machine. It is better to take denim threads, the needle in the machine should be at least No. 90.

There is another fashionable way to process the bottom now - with the preservation of the factory seam, see the video:

You can make such capri with lapels. To do this, you need to outline the fold line, smooth it with an iron and make bartacks along the side seams:

With facings

From the cut parts we cut out the facings. The length of the facing of the front half is equal to the length of the bottom of the front plus seam allowances of 1-1.5 cm on each side, the length of the facing of the back is equal to the length of the bottom of the back half of the trousers plus seam allowances of 1.5 cm on each side, the width of the facing can be any , depending on the availability of fabric and desire.

We grind the facings along the side cuts, we process the seams in the same way as in trousers.

Then we fold the facing with the wrong side of the trousers, we equalize the cuts and seams, we tack and stitch the facing along the bottom of the trousers. If the fabric is thick, iron the seam.

We make a re-edging of the facing by 1-1.5 cm (depending on the seam of the connection), iron the facing.

We outline the width of the facing - we postpone the width of the facing from the bottom of the trousers up.

Basting stitches we outline the facing on the trousers.

We sew one or more finishing lines.

The bottom of the capri can be decorated with embroidery, a buttoned strap, etc.

This is one way. There is also a second one with cuffs.

With knitted cuffs

As a cuff, it is best to use knitted fabric. It is necessary to measure the circumference of the leg - this will be the length of the cuff, and the width in finished form - from 2 to 6 cm, when cutting it will need to be multiplied by two to get cuffs with a fold. Don't forget about the seam allowances on all sides of the cuffs.

Next, you need to sew the strips of cuffs into rings along the short sides, then fold them lengthwise, wrong side inward, slightly iron the fold. Turn the capri inside out, insert the cuffs, tack to the bottom of the trousers, slightly stretching the cuffs. Sew on the sewing machine, overcast the sections with a zigzag or overlock.

With elasticated cuffs

You can decorate the bottom of the capri with cuffs cut from the fabric cut off along the bottom of the jeans. Cutting parts and sewing is similar to the description above, except that when cutting, the length of the cuff is not equal to the girth of the leg, but the girth of the bottom of each leg. Also, with this processing, you need to leave holes for threading gum.

With lace or gathers on the sides

As a trim on the bottom of the capri, you can sew on narrow or wide lace, sew on an appliqué, embroider, etc. An interesting solution is that you can make gathers on the sides of the bottom of the capri by stitching with a thread-elastic band.

The easiest way to convert pants into a skirt.

Surely, you have pants in your closet that you feel sorry to throw away. The reasons for this may be different:

• outdated style
• Wrong size
• Or just having a few pairs of pants that you like better

No matter for what reason the trousers are gathering dust on the shelf, you can make a stylish skirt out of them, and its cut can be different. In our article you will find different patterns, diagrams and descriptions of how to sew a skirt from trousers.

INTERESTING: When trousers are altered into a skirt, it is precisely those pieces of fabric that wear out the fastest that turn out to be unnecessary: ​​the seam that runs along the inner thigh and the very bottom of the trousers. Therefore, it will be possible to sew a “new” skirt from well-worn trousers.

How to alter classic women's and men's trousers into a skirt?

According to the texture of the fabric, classic trousers are most suitable for sewing a pencil skirt out of them.

But it is precisely such a trouser skirt that is most difficult to sew, and in order for everything to work out, it is necessary that certain conditions are met.

• The pants you are going to sew from should be at least your size.
• Try to see if you can unravel those seams on the trousers that go along the inner surface of the thigh. After all, in order to sew a skirt, we also need fabric for seam allowances.

To see how a pencil skirt is sewn from trousers, consider the patterns below. The first of them is a pencil skirt pattern, the second is a trousers pattern, and the cut lines are marked with a red line on it.

• The picture above shows a pattern of men's trousers in size 50, and if you make calculations, it turns out that from these trousers you can sew a pencil skirt for a girl who also has size 50.

How to change trousers into a skirt step by step master class

Sewing a skirt from trousers is not at all difficult, you don’t need patterns for this: all calculations will be obtained during one or two fittings.

• First, cut off the excess length. To do this, try on trousers and mark the bottom edge of the skirt. Then add a seam allowance. In our case, we are talking about the classics and therefore the allowance should be good, about 3 cm, to make a wide seam and tuck the fabric twice.

• We mark the widest part of our hips on the trousers - this will be the point to which the trousers need to be ripped. After that, we unzip the trousers along the inner seam.

• After that, you need to do another fitting, and with the help of hairpins or pins, mark the excess fabric so that the skirt turns out exactly according to the figure.

• After that, it remains to stitch the seams on a sewing machine, and the skirt is ready!

• For more detailed information on how to sew such a trouser skirt, watch the video below.

VIDEO: How to sew a trouser skirt

How to alter denim women's and men's trousers into a skirt?

Very often, jeans are torn between the legs, and they just have to be thrown away. But, if you like the fabric, and it has not yet been washed out, then it is quite possible to sew a pretty skirt out of torn pants.

How to change jeans into a skirt easily?

• Put on your jeans and mark the length of your skirt with chalk.
• Now tie a centimeter on the most protruding parts of the hips and mark this line on the fabric with chalk.
• Throw a centimeter along the bottom of the skirt and measure the width of the skirt at the bottom of it. Write this down so you don't forget.
• Take off your pants and open them along the inside seam in front to the codpiece, and in the back to the widest part of the hips.

• To get a little pencil skirt that fits perfectly, ask your friends for a little help:

Turn the ripped pants inside out, put them on, and let your assistants pin the fabric with pins in front and behind

• Now carefully remove your pants and with chalk mark the line along which the skirt will be sewn front and back. Hand sew these two seams, put on the skirt, make sure the skirt fits well. Sew these two seams on the machine.
• Now you can cut and tuck the bottom of the skirt. To prevent the skirt from interfering with walking, you can make a small slit in the back.
• To alter the skirt without resorting to outside help, along the bottom of the skirt, mark the width of the skirt on the fabric and connect it with a straight line to the codpiece in front and to the ripped fabric along the hip line in the back. Manually connect the seams, try on.
• Adjust the seam if you need to slightly increase or decrease the width of the skirt.

What should I do if my pants have a double seam?

Often the back seam on jeans is double-stitched. And if you make a skirt out of such jeans, then the question arises, how to rip this seam and sew it again?

• In order not to have to completely redo this seam, carefully, you can use nail scissors to spread 5-7 cm of the double seam, but do not tear the connecting seam.
• Now connect the two pieces to be sewn together, first by hand and then with a sewing machine.
• To make the seam on the skirt look solid, you will need to double-stitch the entire fabric to be sewn.

How to make a skirt from men's jeans?

If you want to make a skirt out of jeans that is larger than yours, then you'll need to trim the excess fabric from the hips and waist. The easiest way to do this is to cut off the excess fabric on the sides of the skirt. Then you do not have to redo the codpiece. Measure your waist and hips with a centimeter and transfer their measurements to the fabric of the skirt. Trim excess fabric at the sides and crotch.

How to alter leather women's and men's trousers into a skirt?

• Working with leather products requires certain skills. Not every sewing machine will be able to stitch leather. And if you risk taking on such work yourself, be prepared for the fact that the sewing machine will not “take” such material.
• If you are altering an expensive thing, it is better to entrust this work to professional seamstresses. So if you have a small piece of leather, see if your sewing machine can sew through it. Also check to see if she will take a thick double seam that may need to be run along the side, back and front seam.
• If you're not afraid to experiment and mess up your leather pants, then redo it as described above for jeans or dress pants.
• Another difficulty when working with leather is that this material cannot be stitched and flogged and re-sewn several times in the same place. Because holes from the needle of the sewing machine will remain on the skin and possibly be noticeable.
• If you want to make a skirt out of pants that are larger than yours, open the pants at all seams, lay the skirt pattern over the leather patches, and cut out two front and two back pieces of a four-piece skirt. But, in this case, all the sewing work will have to be done from scratch. Just like you would have to do when sewing a skirt from a single piece of leather.
• Measure your waist and hips simple pattern for a skirt. And put the patterns on the details of the pants.

VIDEO: How to make a skirt out of jeans?

In general, altering things is a thankless task. As a rule, in 90 cases out of 100 it turns out not sweetie, but vice versa. But if you comply with several conditions, then you can count on a new life for an old thing.

Sewing fever attacked this time after spending a flying Friday in a club, where I went crazy at a rock concert so that on Saturday morning I was not painfully ashamed of the mediocre time spent. Hangover repentance resulted in a desire to prove that I can not only drink tequila. Which I prove below.

So, I have a favorite suit, where the jacket is still very personal, and the trousers, as often happens, are worn out. In a crisis, it is not worth throwing away clothes, especially since this is a rare case when ready-made things suit me.

First important point : Legs are straight cut and quite wide. This is the key to success - you need the old thing to be slightly larger than the one you are going to sew.

On Sunday at 9 am, the product was ripped open, after which I folded the front and back panels in pairs, as expected, with the front sides inward and marked out new details: the front and back panels of the skirt, 4 yoke details.

The second important point necessary for the success of the enterprise - the ability to add in the side seams, as well as that the material was not back-to-back. So that if you screw up with a detail, you can cut out another one of the same - that's why I have more coquette details marked out than necessary (but we cut out as many details as we need)

After cutting, as usual, we strengthen what is needed with non-woven fabric, sew it together, and steam the seams. I like to do everything in "blocks" - it's more like a factory process in my opinion, and contributes to the whole perception of the future thing. The belt of old trousers will go to turn the yoke from the wrong side. Immediately cut out the details of the coquette from the lining.

Coquettes first:

Then the front panels, and here first ambush - I forgot to carve out allowances for the clasp on both the yoke and the skirt panels. I cut, strengthen, sew, steam:

I sew the coquettes to the panels, and then I connect the front panels, carefully combining the transverse seams:

Then we connect the back coquettes and panels. Here second ambush - not in the pattern back seam, but I have it, therefore, in order to justify its presence, I decide to make a slot. I cut out the details by eye - rectangles 13x23 cm, strengthen, sew, cut off the excess, steam it)) I carefully fold the slot and lay a fixing stitch:

Well, the halves of the skirt are finally ready! I fold and sew them. I steam the side seams. I sew loops, sew on buttons:

It remains to sew the lining, pay special attention to the clasp and slot (although I didn’t bother with the slot - I just cut out a place around it on the lining, I saw this on finished things):

At 9 pm the new skirt is ready!

The next shot is me myself the next day at work:

P.S. Naturally, I do not mention here such an important, but dreary process as overcasting all the seams, and also the fact that most of the time is occupied by operations repeatedly listed separated by commas (strengthen, sew, steam, stitch)

P.P.S. I urge everyone, at every opportunity, to prove, first of all, to yourself what you are capable of and how, undoubtedly, cool.

P.P.P.S. And you could wallow and suffer from a hangover.

Instruction

Open the crotch and middle seams and remove any loose threads. Wash and dry old ones. Iron the resulting workpiece through damp gauze. It is advisable to cut off all frayed seams, otherwise in a new product they run the risk of spreading after the first wash. You can cut off the excess fabric from the crotch or, putting one piece on top of another, just stitch them. If the width of the skirt after this is not enough, then a wedge will need to be inserted.

Decide on the length and model of the future skirt. Lay out the workpiece on the table. Pin and sew the middle seam. If the skirt is planned to be very short, it will be enough to cut off the legs and process the bottom cut (be sure to leave 2-3 cm for the finish). You can also fluff the denim at the bottom with a fringe, sew on a flounce, braid or lace.

If you are planning to do skirt long, you will need to insert a wedge. For this purpose, you can cut out pieces from the cut off legs or pick up another fabric. A wedge is like a triangle. Inserts made of translucent fabric, linen, or velvet look good. Cut out a wedge of the desired size. Sweep it and try on the product. Stitch the seams and work on or zigzag the edges.

If the skirt is narrow, be sure to leave cuts. Run them on the side or on the front of the skirt. Finish the edges of the cuts with lace or trim from which the wedge was cut.

Helpful advice

It is better not to redraw the belt in trousers, because. it is quite difficult, and not every machine will be able to sew multiple folds of denim. If you still decide to do this, then it is better not to sew in a new belt, but to make a “skirt on the hips” without a belt at all.

denim style - very bright, cheerful and youthful. Almost everything is allowed in it: lacing, fringe, artificial obsolescence of things. Skirt or denim pants can also be decorated in different ways. Or you can update your denim wardrobe by turning old jeans into a skirt. And the shorter the skirt, the more stylish you will look.

You will need

• old jeans
• Scissors
• Threads
• Sewing machine

Instruction

Before working with the old ones, they need to be prepared. Jeans must be washed in the hottest water possible in order to avoid shrinkage of the skirt in future use. After they have been washed, they need to be ironed well, so that it is more convenient to open the seams.

Helpful advice

If the skirt was planned to be longer, then a wedge cut from the cut off legs can be inserted in front and behind.

If the skirt fits well, machine sew the seams. Decorate with appliqués. The zipper of the trousers will also serve on the skirt.

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• how to sew a denim skirt in 2018

Every girl in her wardrobe will surely have old ones. jeans, which is a pity to throw away and can no longer be worn. From an old, but quite suitable thing, you can make something new, original, which only you will have. From old jeans can be a new stunning skirt.

You will need

• Scissors, thread, needle, rippers, clerical knife, sequins, rhinestones

Instruction

Next, unzip the inside seams on the legs. Use special steamers or ordinary nail scissors for this. Spread the front seam to the zipper in the same way. Carefully fold the pieces and sweep the front of the skirt. Fold the top over and sweep to the corner, resulting in a small cut in front of you.

Fold the back of the skirt together and sweep. When you get to the crotch, move in a straight line. Then turn out skirt inside out and cut off the excess. Use a utility knife to give the skirt a worn look. Loosen the bottom part a little to get the fringe effect. Line pockets with sequins or stick rhinestones around them.

Related videos

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• How to make a designer item out of old jeans in 2018
• how to make a skirt out of old jeans in 2018

It often happens that there are old houses jeans, which is a pity to throw away, but I don’t want to wear it anymore. In such a situation, there is a way out. Jeans can be easily altered in skirt. So how to do it?

You will need

• In order to sew a skirt from old jeans, you will need jeans (two pairs), a needle, threads, a sewing machine, scissors, special rippers.

Instruction

Take two pairs. One pair needs to be ripped along the inside seam. Use special steamers for this purpose. From the second pair, just cut off the legs. Remove all seams from them. Now you need to determine what length you want to make skirt. Once you have decided, fold the leg to the leg, and then use chalk to mark the desired length of the skirt. Cut off any excess with sharp scissors.

Then, to the wrong side, to the ripped ones, you need to sweep the strips obtained from the legs. This procedure must be done both from the front and from the back of the product. The result should be a preliminary “preparation” of the skirt, as in the image.

If the workpiece suits you, then trim the bottom of the product and sew everything on a sewing machine. The skirt is ready! It remains only to decorate it a little.

To do skirt more interesting, you can use a regular clerical knife to give it a slightly worn look. You can also get a fringe effect. To do this, slightly dissolve the lower part of the product.

Related videos

Helpful advice

If you only have one pair of old jeans, don't worry! You can make a miniskirt out of them. With chalk, you need to outline a line that determines the length of the future skirt. Then cut the jeans along this line. Spread the seams on the inside of the product. Now sweep the top two halves, and then the bottom two. Trim the bottom of your skirt. Sew on a sewing machine. The skirt is ready! If desired, it can be decorated with decorative inserts made of fabric of a different structure and color. Pockets can be sheathed with shiny sequins or rhinestones can be glued around them. In addition, you can focus on an exquisite strap.

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• alter a skirt from jeans

Old, tired or mismatched jeans are a great material for creativity. From them you can make a lot of interesting things - pillows, wallets, bags, vests, Stuffed Toys. But the easiest and most interesting thing is to sew a fashionable skirt out of them. Choose the style that suits you, stock up on scraps of fabric and accessories, and get to work.

You will need

• - sewing machine;
• - scraps of fabric;
• - elastic lace;
• - rhinestones;
• - braid;
• - threads for embroidery;
• - paints for textiles.

Instruction

To sew a denim skirt, you do not need to have outstanding tailoring skills. There is no need to draw up paper patterns. Feel free to improvise, try on a thing as often as possible and focus solely on your own taste.

Do you like a longer skirt? Take a cotton handkerchief of any suitable color and cut it diagonally. Sew the halves of the scarf to the edge of the skirt with an overlap. You can sew both to the front and to the wrong side - the seam may well be an additional detail of the decor. For additional embellishment along the seam, the new skirt can be trimmed with matching or contrasting lace.

It is easy to make an A-line skirt. Lay your jeans out on a flat surface, measure the desired skirt length, and cut the legs to that length. Open the crotch. Take a fabric (rayon or cotton is best), lay it inside out and pin it so that the fabric forms a wedge. Such wedges will be located on the front and back panels of the future skirt. Stitch the fabric. The bottom of the skirt can not be hemmed, slight negligence looks very stylish. This skirt can be supplemented with a massive buckle, slightly on the hips.

If you have stretch jeans that are a little small, reshape their skirt to fit. Cut the legs according to the length of the future skirt. Open the crotch and side seams. Sew the step seam, leaving a small slot at the bottom. Measure a strip of elastic fabric and elastic wide lace equal to the length of the skirt. Lay the lace on the fabric and sew to the sides of the skirt from the inside. You will get lace inserts on the sides. The width of the insert is adjustable depending on the size of the skirt.

A new skirt can be decorated with embroidery, rhinestones or appliqué. You can even paint it! Take a thin brush, sponge and silver or gold textile paint. Consider a decor idea. Use a sponge to create the effect of blurry spots, and with a brush you can draw a pattern. After processing, dry the fabric and iron it with a hot iron.

Skirts are one of the important components of a woman's wardrobe. If you wish, you can add a new designer skirt to your wardrobe, which is easy to sew yourself, if, of course, you have basic knowledge of cutting and sewing. by the most in a simple way sew skirt possible by changing trousers.

You will need

• - Trousers;
• - a thread;
• - needle;
• - scissors;
• - sewing machine;
• - a piece of fabric.

Instruction

cut off trousers for the length you want skirt. Open the inside seams of both legs. The side seams of the legs should not be ripped, as they will serve as the same seams of the skirt.

Sew on the sewing machine between the two front parts of the ripped legs. Do the same with the two back pieces. Thus, you will get a skirt with four seams: two side, front and back. To hide the front seam, decorate it. These can be buttons, embroidery, braid, lace, etc.

Prepare a piece of fabric that you think will match the color scheme of the yoke. It will later serve as a flounced skirt. This piece should be fifteen centimeters wider than the coquette in width, determine the length of the future shuttlecock yourself. If you want to make a short skirt, prepare one such piece of fabric. For a long skirt, prepare three future frills, while the width of the next frill should be twenty centimeters more than the previous one.

Process the top cut edge, which will be sewn to the yoke, with an overlock or a line replacing it. Then, with a “forward needle” seam, baste the top of the shuttlecock, gather it into folds, gently tightening the thread with which you made the basting. Distribute the folds evenly. Make sure that the resulting circumference of the shuttlecock coincides with the circumference of the coquette.

Turn the yoke and frill inside out and stitch both pieces together on a sewing machine. To make the seam neat and the parts of the product sewn together evenly, before stitching them with a machine, baste the shuttlecock to the yoke with a needle and thread. Finish the bottom edge carefully. Your short skirt is ready. If you want to sew a long skirt, do the same with the next two shuttlecocks.

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• how to sew a skirt out of trousers

So you want to have a couple of original things in your wardrobe. But, unfortunately, this is not always enough money. Make fashionable outfits by yourself. For example, from old worn jeans you can sew a beautiful skirt for romantic dates.

You will need

• - old blue jeans;
• - from half a meter of panne velvet;
• - threads;
• - scissors;
• - sewing machine;
• - chalk or bar of soap;
• - needles.

In this article, I will show you how simple and creative you can decorate a simple denim skirt so that it becomes fashionable and beautiful.

Sew your own skirt

By sewing a skirt yourself, you will be completely sure of its uniqueness. You can make it oblique, torn or come up with your own style. This is easy to do if you have plain denim. Of course, this material is difficult to find on sale, but a denim skirt can be made from old denim material, such as shorts or trousers. They just need to be cut in the right places, fit according to the pattern and sewn together.

Denim skirt with lace

As you know, lace is a romantic element of clothing decoration. Obviously, the use of lace as decorative elements in denim skirts provides a very wide scope for the implementation of their ideas. Skillfully using the color of lace and additional accessories, you can create both gentle, innocent images, as well as more daring, daring and defiant models. Although you can try to form a non-standard, but still business image.

Old skirt: new life

The biggest problem with old yuks is that they just end up getting boring. After a while, even the most beloved skirts want to be changed for new ones, or at least updated. If you feel sorry for throwing away weird skirts, use the following tips to remake them.

As you know, a skirt is the only piece of clothing on which holes will not look indecent. On the contrary, many owners of skirts love to tear skirts. Surprisingly, holey skirts always look very stylish.

Decorate a denim skirt with rhinestones

The first option is applications. To date, there are a huge number of drawings of different structures and colors. Depending on the color of the jeans, you can choose leather or fur applications, with drawings or just an abstraction. If none of the applications in the store suits you, you can safely draw your own or simply copy it from your favorite magazine or newspaper. In order for the appliqué to sit firmly on the fabric, it is necessary to stitch it with threads (in the color of jeans) or securely glue it by going over the surfaces on both sides with an iron.

The second option for a beautiful decoration of a denim skirt is a pattern embroidered with threads. It is, of course, much more complicated than the first one, and it is suitable only for those girls and women who love and know how to embroider, because for this it is necessary not only to transfer the drawing to, but also then carefully embroider it with the threads you like. But for true professionals, it will not be difficult - just half an hour of work and the skirt will shine with new colors.

And the last design option for a denim skirt is, of course, beads and rhinestones. A lot of denim items today are decorated in this way, because the idea is fresh and very original. To decorate the skirt with beads, it is also necessary to outline a pattern in advance, which will subsequently be embroidered. As for rhinestones, there are both whole applications and individual “droplets”. It all depends on your preferences and taste.

Butterfly

Butterflies are a stylish element that is relevant for both girls. From one pair of old jeans, you can make a whole dozen different butterflies that you can sew on your skirt. It will look feminine and romantic, but modest and restrained.