Preposterous Skirt

Hello Refashioners! Hope you're having fun making things into other things!

Here is a photo of me in the kitchen at university (New Hall, if you're wondering).

Do you like my trousers? I did... but they didn't fit me very well and the excessive amount of fabric made them difficult to wear if it was raining or muddy or dusty or... you get the picture.

Several years later, I decided to make something of them. I had a skirt pattern based on Design-It-Yourself Clothes by Cal Patch, which I had already tried out using an old bedsheet. I wanted some more exciting material. My old preposterous trousers seemed perfect! I cut the front of the skirt out of one leg and the back out of the other. Here's the finished item:

The centre seams on the front and back are the old side seams of the trousers. I wish I'd added pockets, but I think that would have been tricky (especially as I decided to put in a button fastening at one side). I'm still wondering about patch pockets, but I don't really have enough fabric left.

Here's a close-up of the buttons:

See my blog post for more (well, different) information (and to give me some advice about sewing on buttons, if you have any!)