REFASHION: cute shorts before summer ends

Shhhhh, don't tell my husband that I stole an old pair of his jeans (he hasn't worn them in years) and created nice cutoff shorts. The jeans were too big and too baggy, and I had to figure out how to fix those issues. After I cut off the legs, I rolled up the cuff and sewed it down. With the cuff sewn in place, I needed to take in the extra denim around the hip area -- hello, my hips aren't that big!

I picked up two plaid shorts at a local consignment store for less than $5! Woot! Any cute or interesting pattern was my first factor -- price second and size third. I found the blue pair of shorts in the men's section and knew two problems needed to be fixed: bottom hem and baggy sides. No problem because those were the same issues with the denim shorts. However, the red pair of shorts needed some extra attention.

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Jennifer Elliott