This is very easy. The difficult part is protecting your ripper and your sewing machine from the thick fabric.
The lucky pair of jeans that I reconstructed was this:
I bought this more than five years ago. It’s large not because I lost weight. It doesn’t fit me well because when I was still an undergrad I had no idea how to buy a pair of jeans that hugged my legs in all the right places.
TUTORIAL
1. Measure your skirt length. 
2. Cut. Do not forget hem allowances. 
Read the rest of the tutorial HERE.
August 26, 2007
Meream
15 responses to “Kiddie Doodle 6: How to turn jeans into a skirt”
mirela
August 27th, 2007 at 21:10
This skirt rocks! Thanks so much for the tutorial!
Monica
August 28th, 2007 at 15:33
nice!!!
(although mine would have to be a tad longer!!! my legs are not like yours…)
ninox
August 28th, 2007 at 17:59
Nicely done!
Myam
August 28th, 2007 at 17:59
Well, my legs…Must be a camera trick (although I did not edit them pics) because they never look that good in front of the mirror. tsk tsk
uzi
August 30th, 2007 at 00:27
Girls envy the asssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
mamamin
September 3rd, 2007 at 01:59
Fabulous idea!
Above
April 18th, 2008 at 00:25
You are so talented, i must sign up.
Tee
May 4th, 2008 at 00:50
now, this one is also great!!!..gonna try this..
thanks for this, Yam!..
pwede ko laag sa inyo? pa-tutor ko sewing and cutting..i’m serious! ^_^
maka
May 9th, 2008 at 14:48
thanks! i just said a few days ago that i needed more skirts for the summer. i made a couple of quick & easy t-shirt mod skirts the other day, but i’d totally forgotten about this idea. i KNOW i’ve got old pants i can use for this.
Lemons
July 24th, 2008 at 04:43
Wow thats pretty im 13 and i guess i can sew well. i might try that ONE day llol
Mark Tesch
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:12
nice;) really nice;p
Estercity
February 13th, 2009 at 19:09
Congratulations
¿ Can I post this work in mi blog?
I only will put one photo and the conection to your blog
hydraulic jacks
March 14th, 2009 at 20:24
I have to say, that I can not agree with you in 100%, but it’s just my IMHO, which could be very wrong.
p.s. You have an awesome template . Where did you find it?
Ske
June 4th, 2009 at 01:21
Hehhe pretty cool!! awesome!
Tina in Boston
November 21st, 2009 at 22:58
Hey! Great website! I would love to take a look at this tutorial, but I’m getting an error. Can you take a look?
thanks!
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