homemade skinny pants!

[ladyofthelog]

I have an ass to waist ratio that is sometimes hard to find in jeans, and I mulled over the possibility of buying skinny jeans for a while. Then it occurred to me that I have four pairs of jeans that fit me already... why not employ my handy Singer?

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Comments

[jinellie]

you did a great job! i love steve madden

[ladyofthelog]

Thanks, and me too! Those are my favorite shoes.

[neoncake]

yay!!i did the same exact thing a few years ago and was SO happy with the results that i did it to a coup;le of pairs of jeans and different sorts of pants
they look great! & those boots are so cute

[ladyofthelog]

Thanks! This has totally inspired me to keep my sewing machine out and do some more alterations.

[neoncake]

oh man
my boyfriend just fixed my sewing machine(its been acting pretty wonky lately,but would sometimes work but sometimes just doesnt cut it!!!)last night,and i finished a skirt in a matter of hours! sewing machines are grrreat

[somniloquous]

[ladyofthelog]

Thank you! And yeah, my sewing machine is my baby - she sews better with just her straight stitch than any other machine I've ever used.

[lysystratae]

Shhhh... don't look now, but Cthuhlu is hiding under your pants...

[ladyofthelog]

Aww! You have a lovely icon. <3

Cthulhu never fails to bring cheer!

[carbonphoenix]

Damn I should do that with my Right fit pants. I was pissed LB doesn't do a straight or skinny leg in blue. I can do it myself! awesome

[ladyofthelog]

It's so easy! This is how I did it:

- put pants on inside out
- had friend pin them down very tightly, making sure the excess fabric was evenly distributed on both sides of the seam I was removing (if that makes sense)
- took them off, used light colored marker to draw a line for the seam
- sewed, tried on.

I found that the first time I didn't get them quite tight enough, so you may have to take in the legs a little more from the initial estimate.

[carbonphoenix]

It makes sense. So did you cut the excess out? the only thing I'm wondering about is seam treatments. Thinking about doing it sucks.

[ladyofthelog]

I did cut the excess out. Then I went over the seam again (my machine only does straight stitch, but at 20 sts/inch I figured that was ok). If you're concerned about fraying, that no-fray spray works pretty well.