Turn An Old Pair Of Jeans Into A Skirt With This Tutorial

Tools and Materials:

• Old pants or jeans
• Denim skirt (that fits you perfectly)
• Scissors
• Sewing machine

Cut down your jeans

The first thing you’re going to do is place your favorite denim skirt flat over the jeans. Then cut the legs, leaving quite a bit of space under where your skirt ends. Remember — you can always cut down more later, but you can’t add more fabric. We’ll be cutting it down to the desired length at the end, so be generous with this first cut. We’ll be using the fabric a little later, so don’t throw anything away! 

Remove inner seams

Turn your jeans inside out and remove all the inner seam stitches, including a bit from the crotch area so that the fabric lies down flat. This process can take a while, so get comfortable and be patient! 

Place your pins

Layering the crotch flat on top of itself, pin down the seam to hold the fabric in place. Then add a piece of the fabric you cut off earlier under the opening, and make sure it’s lying flat with no wrinkles. Fold over the edges of your triangle, and pin the fabric under it in place, along both sides of the opening. Cut off the excess fabric, then flip your skirt over and repeat the process along the front with another piece of fabric. The only difference on the front is that you don’t have to fold over the edges before adding your pins. 

Sew your skirt

 Sew two parallel straight stitches to recreate the dynamic stitching. Remove your pins as you reach them. Once you’re done sewing your skirt, flip it inside out and lie it down flat.

Cut off the excess fabric

Remove any excess fabric and loose threads from your skirt. 

Cut down the length

Place the skirt you used earlier on top of your new skirt as reference for the length, then cut down the new skirt to match the old one. Once you’ve done that, just throw your skirt into the washing machine and you’re done! 

This was such an awesome project! I really enjoy upcycling. Instead of a pair of jeans I didn’t like anymore, I now have a gorgeous denim mini skirt that I love! Even though the jeans were low-rise, which I’m not a fan of, I can wear the skirt as high-waisted. It was super easy to do. Other than the part where you have to remove the stitching of the seams, which definitely can get a bit annoying, it’s a super quick process. I hope you enjoy making your own skirt as much as I did. Let me know what you think in the comments, and definitely let me know if you try this!