Burda Style For people who sew

Neon pink, bright green, sunshine yellow - jazzy fabric inserts on simple basics make for a really trendy look!

Technique Materials

Trousers. Piece of fabric, 6 cm (2 1/2 ins) longer than trousers, width = 2x the calculated strip width plus 6 cm (21/2 ins). For lightweight fabrics, interfacing (heavier fabric need not be interfaced). ­Vanishing marker. Sewing thread. Tip: To determine the width of each insert strip, measure the circumfer­ence of the trousers at waist level, subtract this from your hip measurement, and divide by 2.

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  Mar 14, 2013, 01.14 AMby queenieslearnin2sew

  I’ve got some jeans that are too small. I wonder how it would look if cut them to shorts and use the bottom part of the leg for a matching insert using this technique. Any opinions? I can’t wait to see the pics others post for this.
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  Feb 16, 2013, 04.52 AMby mrspcd

  Love love love it
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  Jan 23, 2013, 10.05 PMby Joy-Nicole Smith

  Now this is cute!
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  Jan 23, 2013, 08.32 AMby liz1611

  great idea, clear instructions. Thank you for this tutorial!
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  Jan 21, 2013, 07.28 PMby Laura Seale

  umm, a fashionable way to make those ‘not skinny fit when I bought them’ jeans fit again ;-)

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    Jan 22, 2013, 11.03 PMby jaslyn117

    That’s what I was thinking. :)