DIY skirt made from old trousers. Patchwork style

Today it’s hard to believe that there was a time when, and besides, they cost the same as the average monthly salary. This happened in the USSR and our mothers and fathers could not afford to buy several new jeans every year. Back then, jeans were cherished and worn until the last moment, then they were altered, rivets and zippers were removed in order to transfer them to some other trousers. Fortunately, this time has passed, now buying new jeans is completely invisible to family budget. But still, sometimes you don’t want to part with your old jeans, you love them so much, and besides, you want to show off your creative abilities. If this is your case, you can safely sew a skirt from old jeans with your own hands and give your favorite jeans a second life.

We sew a new skirt from old jeans
From old and worn jeans you can make a pencil skirt that will be appropriate even in the office. A sexy pencil skirt can be made from almost any type of jeans. And do not forget that denim skirts have significant advantages - they can be worn with various clothing items, easily combined with elegant and everyday things, and they are also durable and do not get dirty as quickly as skirts made from other materials.

And since modern jeans almost always contain a small percentage of elastic fibers, they can easily be turned into a new, wonderful and flirty skirt.

How to sew a skirt from old jeans - initial data

You will need:

Jeans of any style, with any waist height, long, preferably containing elastic fibers
seam ripper
round head pins
blue threads
ruler
scissors
sewing machine

Operating procedure:

1. Using scissors or a seam ripper, release the bottom seams from the stitching - outer and inner.

2. Proceed to processing the internal seams and the line along the fastener. Do not touch the external seams!

3. Place the jeans on a flat surface with the front pockets facing up. Place the ruler perpendicular to the fastener. Fold the trouser leg so that the bottom edge is parallel to the ruler. Cut the bottom of the jeans along this line. Don't throw away the fabric! It will be needed to design the front half of the future skirt.

4. Repeat step 3 to design the other leg. Note. To make a longer skirt, lower the ruler lower.

5. Insert one inner panel between the legs along the front of the garment, overlapping the fabric and making sure the fastener is aligned.

6. Using tailor's pins, secure the fabric along the seams, making sure that the fastener is aligned and the fabric overlaps at the top join point.

7. Sew along the joining line of the inner panel of the skirt (one line is made along the line of the open stitch, and the second is made close to the hem line). Turn the skirt inside out and trim the excess fabric, leaving 1.3 cm.

8. Turn the skirt right side out, placing it on a flat surface with the back pockets facing up. Place the left leg on top of the right and secure with pins. Try on a skirt. Carry out the stitching as described in step 7. Turn the edge under, stitch or pull out a few threads to create a fringed edge.

Advice. To create a straight seam on a clasp, especially on the back half, make cuts along the curved seam until the overlapping fabric is even.

This denim pencil skirt is the basic model for almost any women's wardrobe. The skirt is very correct length and a tapered silhouette. The skirt has a very correct length and a tapered silhouette, which not only visually elongates the lower part of the figure, but also masks all imperfections. You will have to tinker with pattern modeling, but not because of the complexity of the process, but because of the availability large quantity details. But the result is worth it!

The denim skirt pattern is modeled after. We offer you 5 standard sizes for free!

On the front halves of the skirt, make pockets with a cut-off side. Sew along the front of the skirt

Sew the side seams, finish the allowances with an overstitch and press. Fold the allowance along the bottom of the skirt and stitch it with a double stitch.

Along the waistline, stitch to the belt.

The denim skirt is ready! By the way, such a skirt does not have to be sewn from a classic blue jeans. Now big choice denim fabrics bright colors, which will give the skirt a new sound. We wish you limitless creativity!

Many people are now keen on the Boho style of clothing.

Things in the boho style are, first of all, convenient and comfortable, they should create cozy look. I suggest making it from old jeans fashion item in this ethno style.

Boho chic style in clothes is fashionable style direction. The main features of the Boho style are a combination of many elements inherent in bohemian style and hippie style.
The Boho style appeared as a response to glamor, representing a mix of ethnic and national motifs, hippies and gypsy accents, gothic and grunge. The secret of the boho style is in combining incompatible things: boots and delicate dresses, lace and scarves, in layers and combinations different textures fabrics and designs.

Almost certainly, each of us has a pair of jeans that are out of fashion, a little worn, or just tired. It’s a pity to throw away or give away, but the thing gathers dust in the closet.

There is one great way Return your favorite pair of trousers to your wardrobe - change them into a chic skirt, which will always be in fashion.
It couldn’t be easier to transform jeans into a skirt, especially since the base – with a zipper and a fragment that sits well on the hips – is already there, but what else is needed?

Watch the video on how to transform old jeans into a chic skirt in 45 minutes

And let’s take a closer look at the most “difficult” aspects of the remodeling...

Bye top part The jeans are still in excellent condition, the bottom part doesn't matter. Jeans with holes in the knees and frayed ends will also work.

To change jeans into a skirt, you must first get rid of the trouser legs. Just do it smoothly and carefully, when cutting - use a centimeter.
Best for more exact result, cut the legs a few centimeters lower, and trim them later. General form will change when you undo the stitches you made earlier on the crotch.

The most difficult thing is to straighten the crooked seams of the crotch - which is under the fly and in the back.

First, be sure to undo the inside seam that connects the back and front of the pants.
Turn your jeans inside out. Using a seam ripper, open the inner seam. This will open up the pant legs and crotch area.

Next we align middle seam down from the codpiece. The seam must be opened almost to the fastener, and shift so that this place becomes flat and straight, but not embossed, as is the case with all trousers. Cut off the excess.

Experiment by pinning the fabric along the seams before cutting.

Perform the same operation with back seam future skirt. The seam, of course, must first be opened.

We lay a finishing stitch, simultaneously connecting the parts. We try to ensure that the new and old seams match.
It should turn out like this - smoothly, without arousing suspicion:

How to do this in practice is shown quite clearly here:

For the hem of the skirt, any light, flowy fabric or fine knitwear. By changing the bottom of the skirt, you can sew several different models skirts Bottom part skirts can be folded or simply gathered; it can also be several tiers of frills or one wide frill at the bottom of the skirt.
The flight of fancy is not limited!

And you can do it even simpler...

In Boho style (from old jeans and a sundress)

For work, we need old jeans and a sundress or a skirt that hangs idle in the closet. The fabric must be natural. Let's give these things a second life. Let's sew summer thing in Boho style.

Operating procedure:

• Take the sundress and cut off the top. We don’t throw away the cut off top, it will be a frill.
• Then we take the jeans and apply them to ourselves. We outline the length of the top and cut it off, departing from the bottom extreme point of the fly by approximately three to five centimeters.
  The legs of the jeans will be useful to us in the future.

• A sundress with a lining, we cut it to make one sheet. You can use a completely different fabric for the frill.
  Cut from the lining long ribbons. We do the same with the legs of jeans.
  We sew the resulting ribbons into one long one. This will be our bottom frill.
  You can make 2 or 3 ruffles - as long as the fabric is enough.
• We process the edge of the frill so that the fabric does not spill out. Next, we sew our frill to the bottom of the skirt, gathering it slightly.
• Sew jeans to sundress. We connect the upper denim part and the lower cotton part and sew them together from the beginning by hand, with a “needle forward” seam, and making sure that both parts match perfectly, we sew everything on sewing machine.
• From the remaining upper part of the sundress you can make a decoration - a gathered strip at the junction of the jeans and the sundress. Hanging ribbons are material from the top of the sundress.

The alteration from jeans is finished and our stylish skirt, made from old jeans, is ready! No one else will have such an original item, so you will stand out from the general crowd of fashionistas.
Based on materials from stranahandmade.net, ru.wikihow.com

And ideas to spur your imagination!

Instructions

Open the crotch and center seams and remove any loose threads. Wash and dry the old ones. Iron the resulting workpiece through damp gauze. It is advisable to cut off all frayed seams, otherwise in a new product they run the risk of unraveling after the first wash. You can cut off excess fabric from the crotch seam or, placing one piece on top of another, simply stitch them together. If the width of the skirt is not enough after this, you will need to insert a wedge.

Decide on the length and model of the future skirt. Lay the workpiece on the table. Baste and sew the middle seam. If the skirt is planned to be very short, it will be enough to cut off the trouser legs and process the bottom edge (be sure to leave 2-3 cm for finishing). You can also fluff denim along the bottom with fringe, sew on a flounce, braid or lace.

If you plan to do skirt long, you will need to insert a wedge. For this purpose, you can cut out pieces from cut-off trouser legs or select another fabric. The wedge is like a triangle. Inserts made of translucent fabric, linen, or velvet look good. Cut out a wedge the right size. Sweep it in and try on the product. Stitch the seams and finish the edges with a zigzag stitch.

If the skirt turns out to be narrow, be sure to leave slits. Perform them on the side or front of the skirt. Finish the edges of the cuts with lace or trim the wedge from.

Helpful advice

It’s better not to change the waistband of trousers, because... this is quite difficult, and not every machine can sew denim in several folds. If you still decide to do this, then it is better not to sew in a new belt, but to make a “skirt on the hips” without a belt at all.

Skirts are one of the important components of a woman's wardrobe. If you wish, you can complement your wardrobe with a new designer skirt, which is easy to sew yourself, if, of course, you have basic knowledge of cutting and sewing. The most in a simple way sew skirt possible by altering trousers.

You will need

• - Trousers;
• - a thread;
• - needle;
• - scissors;
• - sewing machine;
• - a piece of fabric.

Instructions

Cut off trousers to the length you want to get skirt. Open the inside seams of both legs. Side seams The trouser legs should not be ripped out, since they will serve as the same seams of the skirt.

Using a sewing machine, sew together the two front parts of the opened legs. Do the same with two rear parts. Thus, you will get a skirt with four seams: two side, front and back. To hide the front seam, decorate it. These can be buttons, embroidery, braid, lace, etc.

Prepare a piece of fabric that you think will suit the color scheme to the coquette. It will later serve as a flounce for the skirt. The width of this piece should be fifteen centimeters wider than the yoke; determine the length of the future shuttlecock yourself. If you want to sew a short skirt, prepare one such piece of fabric. For long skirt, prepare three future shuttlecocks, and the width of the next shuttlecock should be twenty centimeters larger than the previous one.

Hello, dear readers of the cutting and sewing website - “Sewing Circle”. A skirt has already been made from old jeans. Sewing a skirt from old jeans then turned out to be patchwork. The shreds were sewn together with the seam facing outward and frayed. Beautiful. But the question arises: is it possible to simplify the process of how to make a skirt from old jeans? The answer is, of course you can. Denim skirts Old jeans can be made into a piece of cake if you use the material presented below. So, a DIY skirt made from old jeans, there is no pattern, the pattern is the old jeans themselves. Accordingly pattern making programs won't be needed...

There are a pair of old jeans lying around. The principle of a suitcase without a handle works here. It’s inconvenient to carry, but it’s a shame to throw it away. So why not customize them, jeans, turning them into new stylish skirt? It's really simple, follow the instructions below.

Step 1: Trim the legs

First, let's take old jeans, lay them out on the table and make them 30 centimeters shorter. Let it be more authentic. In the end, you can make a short one out of a long one. That is, you can always shorten a skirt made from old jeans later. We cut perpendicular to the lobar.

Step 2: Seam ripper, this is our everything...

A tool designed for punching loops. After the loop is sewn on sewing machine, it still needs to be ripped open. To pass a button. This operation is carried out using a seam ripper. Moreover, first, it is good to stick a needle across the loop, which will serve as a limiter for the seam ripper. If you don’t have a seam ripper, it’s as easy as shelling pears. They are not extremely cheap.

Step 3: Rip out the crotch seam

Let's turn the old jeans we're remaking inside out. Using a seam ripper, we begin to disassemble the overlock seam on the crotch, going all the way to the bottom edge. If the jeans are not made “in a package,” of course. This way both overlay inseams of the jeans will be taken apart. Now let's turn the pants right side out and take apart the stitching seam. The result can be seen in the photo.

Step 4: More tearing

Open the middle seam from the front to where the zipper begins. In that place, approximately, is the point of the bow. At the back, we rip out the middle seam to the place where the belt loops begin.

Step 5: Pin the seam at the front

Carefully fold the front halves together. Carefully controlling the plane along which the halves are laid out. The plane should not have creases, folds, or tension.

Step 6: Pin the seam at the back

Having turned the skirt out of old jeans inside out, we fasten the back halves with pins. The chipping starts from the belt loop. Here, perhaps, some difficulties may arise, but the main thing is not to rush and take the time. The piercing goes in a straight line. And of course, you can and should try on a skirt. This is straight