Reconstructing Pants
Seems like the trendy thing is to wear colored jeans or pants, I’ve tried it but I just feel like I’m wearing crazy pants.
I guess it’s hard to see the color because of the light, but it’s kindof a wine purple color
So I’ve had these purple cords for a while now, never once wore them outside cause they didn’t fit very well and what do you wear them with? I have no idea. But for some reason it’s easier to style crazy skirts, maybe because they don’t cover your entire legs so it’s less color, I don’t know. So I decided to cut up my crazy pants to make a sweet corduroy skirt.
Basically all I did was cut them off below the knee (approximately) and cut up the inseam and a little bit of the crotch seam. I layed them flat on the floor in the a-line shape I wanted and pinned some of the leftover leg fabric inside the triangles left open below the crotch seam. Then just sewed it up and hemmed it a little.
Here you can kindof see what I’m talking about
Obviously this was all a little thrown together and most all the edges were left raw, so they fray a little, but that’s kindof the “look.”
And just minutes later…
This picture shows the true color of the skirt pretty well too
~Molly
Looks like the skirt-that-used-to-be-pants fits ok at the top. Was the previous not-fit-too-well part the length of the crotch? Did you make the previous pants yourself or were they boughten?
PS Happy Blue Moon (early this morning)!
Ya, they were too long in the bottom and too stretchy for my taste. Now the stretchyness is perfect for a skirt! They were from Old Navy
Molly,
Very nice, when I was in junior high in the 70′s this kind of skirt was really popular, but in denim!
Oh very cool! You’ll get more wear out of it now. Someone at my old lab made one of these but only used the pants for the top part (like a yoke) and made the flared portion out of gathered regular fabric.