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Over the Christmas break I did something I've wanted to do for a long time - turned an old pair of jeans into a skirt. This is the result! This was a pair of jeans from Next that had a hole in them so I ripped the stitches right up the inside leg and sewed two panels from another pair of jeans into the space between to make a skirt. Obviously it was much harder than it sounds, mostly because I'm rubbish at sewing in straight lines etc.
I'm happier with the front of the skirt than the back because I struggled to make the seat of the skirt fit me without looking odd. I didn't quite succeed, but I'm still happy with the result.
The back of the skirt - as you can see it's slightly bunched at the top. Hopefully the buttons distract from that, and most of my tops will cover that.
Detail of the buttons on the pockets. There are also buttons on front, just below each pocket.
Now that I feel more confident with the sewing machine, I want to make another skirt - I have enough denim for several if I feel so inclined. I think the next one will be a long skirt, but that does mean I'll need more material for the front panels. Also my sewing machine is too feeble to sew through several layers of denim, so I'll have to pin it in place and then take it home to sew on my mum's machine. I'm going home in two weeks so hopefully can do it then. I don't want to stop now that I've started!
Oh, and if anyone else is interested in how I made the skirt, I followed online tutorials such as this one. My mum was amazed at how many tutorials and videos there are on the internet for things like this. I wish I'd taken photos as I was making the skirt so I could detail how I made mine too!