Monday, July 25, 2016

Getting legless - pants to skirt!

Snagged a brand new pair of Chico's trousers at the Goodwill $3 sale a few months ago. They were too big and long, but nice fabric, so they went onto the "think about it for a while" shelf.
Finally, I decided to convert them to a skirt - my preferred garment.
First step was to cut the bottom of the legs off to above knee-length. I sewed straight down from the bottom of the fly and the bottom of the "bottom", then cut off the excess. I wanted to keep the zip pockets, so to size the skirt down, I cut through either side of centre front and centre back.. After pinning to fit, I sewed the panels together, and topstitched.


To add length, and some contrast, I used the bottom of a previous skirt re-fashion
Added a couple of buttons from the stash....done! Full post here

7 comments:

whatthesew said...

Great job, I like the frill round the bottom.

RePurposeFul said...

Love it! Looks fabulous on you! The ruffle at the bottom makes it :)

RanchHouse said...

The ruffle brings it out of the "just another" pants to skirt. Too cute!!!

I Can Work With That said...

I love the trim at the bottom. Great fit on the skirt.

Refashion said...

That's a great refashion. I like the frill especially.

Debbie EOD

Gema said...

Lovely fit, great job!

TheRefashStash said...

Cuuuuute! Love that bottom ruffle!

-TheRefashStash