It is difficult to throw away jeans, even if they are out of fashion or have become small. Secrets of the masters on how to make a skirt out of jeans with your own hands will help to give your favorite thing a new life. Having carefully studied the instructions and prepared the necessary tool, you can easily replenish your wardrobe with a new stylish thing.
What tools will you need?
The following tools will help you quickly and efficiently sew a skirt with your own hands from old jeans:
- sewing machine (you can’t do without it, and it’s better if it’s electric);
- cotton threads, matched to the denim fabric. Contrasting threads for decorative stitching would also be useful;
- pins;
- sharp tailor's scissors;
- centimeter or wooden ruler (the longer the better);
- tailor's seam ripper;
- chalk or a finely sharpened piece of soap;
- iron (preferably with a steam function).
And, of course, the main element for work is old jeans. The more of them, the better. It doesn’t matter whether the trousers are torn, out of fashion or just boring - each pair can be used.
Instructions for creation
Several instructions have been developed on how to sew a skirt from old jeans with your own hands.
Short
An easy way to sew a short model:
- choose the length of the future product. Measure the jeans and mark the necessary line with chalk. Do not forget to leave a few centimeters for seam allowances;
- unravel the inner seam of jeans. A tailor's ripper will help you do this job quickly and efficiently;
- We rip open the central seam on the zipper. We cut off all the protruding threads, and carefully smooth out the seams;
- Place two pieces of ripped jeans on top of each other and pin them together (front side inside);
- the side seams are sewn together using a sewing machine;
- the central seam is sewn together in two halves (slightly overlapping) and sewn on a machine;
- excess pieces of denim are cut off. The seams are processed on a machine (zigzag stitch);
- the new item is ironed and turned inside out.
A little secret: skinny trousers can be turned into a perfectly fitted pencil skirt made from jeans.
Flared
Wide jeans make a great flared skirt for a girl (or young woman). You will need the bottom part of the legs. The top part is perfect for reworking denim pants into short shorts.
How to make a flared denim skirt from jeans:
- take measurements of your waist and hips, and also decide on the length of the future product. These parameters will help in deciding at what height the jeans should be cut;
- we rip open the seams on the cut trousers. We iron each piece of denim thoroughly;
- we make a pattern. It is extremely simple: a trapezoid, the upper line of which corresponds to a quarter of the waist circumference, and the lower line to a quarter of the width of the future flared skirt. The length of the side of the trapezoid is the length of the product with a margin for hemming;
- cut out four pieces;
- All the parts are sewn together. We cut out a belt from pieces of denim fabric.
In boho style
Old, worn jeans can become the perfect base for a new stylish item - a boho skirt. For work you will need denim trousers, lightweight fabric with an interesting pattern (an unnecessary sundress will do just fine).A boho skirt should be made from natural materials, only then will it perfectly match the ethnic style.
The algorithm of actions is as follows:
- we rip off the top part (yoke) of an old sarafan, leaving only the skirt. We save the ripped part, it will become a frill;
- try on old jeans. This is the easiest way to mark the required length of the boho skirt. Also save the legs, they will be needed later;
- the sarafan skirt is ripped into a single piece of fabric. The same manipulations are carried out with the legs of jeans. We combine two types of material into a single piece of fabric;
- carefully process the edges;
- gathering slightly, sew the bottom part to the bottom edge of the cut jeans;
- The top part makes for original decorations. The boho skirt goes perfectly with lace, fringe, and embroidery.
In patchwork style
The art of patchwork sewing allows you to create a new stylish wardrobe item from pieces of seemingly unnecessary things.Using the recommendations on how to sew a skirt from old jeans in patchwork style, you can recycle old jeans and get a new thing.
Algorithm of actions:
- collect all old, unnecessary jeans. The more varied in texture and shade the pieces of denim are, the better;
- we cut out the fragments of the future skirt. The size of each piece is 9*11 cm;
- alternating fabric fragments by color and texture, we connect each element into a long strip. There should be nine strips in total. The first strip includes seventeen fragments, the last one - fifty-seven elements. Each subsequent strip is five fragments longer than the previous one. The fabric fragments are connected to each other with a regular seam from the wrong side;
- all stripes are sewn together on a machine. Threads can be matched to the tone, but contrasting stitches look much more interesting;
- we connect two canvases. A zipper is sewn in on one side;
- A belt is sewn along the top line. The bottom part of the skirt is folded over and stitched.
A patchwork skirt can be sewn on a yoke, flared or straight. With a little patience and imagination, you can get a new skirt from old jeans.
Video
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