From Pants to Shorts to a Skirt; an Upcycled Story

So I bought my husband a pair of khaki pants for Christmas

He proceeded to tear the leg like the 3rd time he wore them

Aughhhh...

I put them away in my "to fix"pile

Okay it took me 8 months but I finally got around to turning them into these

It took me ten minutes to cut the pants legs off below the tear

a quick hem and my hubby gained some new shorts.

I was all set to pack up my machine for the night

when I realized I still had the two legs that I had cut off.

The fabric was really nice and I hated to just throw it away.

After much thought I realized that they could become a skirt for the Bean!

First I ripped open the inseam of each cut off leg

I then cut the legs down the the length I wanted the skirt to be

plus 1 1/2" for the turn back at the waist.

I joined the two legs together

Folded the top back a 1/4" then 1 1/4 to create the casing for a 1" elastic waistband.

I made two patch pockets from the remaining scraps

A cute new skirt for free

Gotta love that!