Turn trouser pants into skirts (13671 Views)

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  Step 1 of 7

  Here's an old pair of cotton pants from the Gap. The edges are frayed but still perfectly good pants.

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  Step 2 of 7

  Cut the pant legs to the desired skirt length. Make sure you add allowance for your fold of your hem. Starting from one side, cut the inseam from one pant leg all the way to the other side.

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  Turn the pants wrong side out and lay the garment with the side seams in the center, the buttonhole front and center back seams to the side as shown in the picture. Here you should see what sort of revisions you need to make. If you have a basic pattern for a straight or A-line skirt, lay those against the fabric and trace the shape, remembering to align the pattern edges to match the center front and center back edges.

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  Step 4 of 7

  For the front piece, mark a line from the bottom of the fly down to the hem of the skirt.

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  For the back piece, mark from the start of the base of the curve up to the hemline.

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  Sew the center front and back lines. Add the pleats.
  

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  Press the hemline and stitch.