I found these pants at a garage sale for a $1. I picked them up because they are super soft. I took the pants and made something for myself and for my baby.
First I cut off the legs and made a pair of shorts for me. Super simple, took about 5 minutes.
And I made a little skirt for my little girl
This is how I made the skirt:
1) I cut the leg off and cut along the seam to open it up. I did that for both legs.
2) I then cut two pieces that were about 16″x 10″ for the bottom of the skirt. I then used some elastic thread and ruffled the top of the piece.
3) Next I cut two pieces that were 12″x4″. I then folded the top of it 1″ and sewed it. This is for the elastic, so made sure to leave an opening in the fold.
4) Next I sewed the two pieces together.
5) Then I sewed the front and back of the skirt together.
6) I made sure that I did not sew the top together on one side, this is where I inserted the elastic.
7) I put the elastic into the holes. I sewed one side but not the other side.
8) I wanted to make an adjustable waistband, so I put a button on the skirt and used more elastic and cut holes into it.
Here is the waist at it’s smallest. Lots of room to grow!
9) I then made a flower with the left over fabric.
And here is her cute skirt out a the legs of pants.
Isn’t she so cute in it?!
Oh, yeah, Momma. She's a doll in her new little skirt!
Cute! Great way to refashion and use up all that material!
So precious!! She is beautiful! You did a great job on the shorts and the skirt! So, so cute!
Adorable! What a great use of the cutoff material! Thanks for sharing.
Great idea and your little girl is adorable! Hi! I found your site through the Tuesday Time-Out Hop. Please come follow me back at:
http://healthykidshappykids.blogspot.com
Thanks and have a great Tuesday!
Adorable little skirt baby is so cute too
KAT
I LOVE this! You are so talented!! So cute! -Juli ahenandherchicks.blogspot.com
That's a wonderful idea, and your daughter looks so precious. 🙂 I just made shorts out of three pairs of jeans and have the legs left over now. This might be the way to go to refashion those legs!!!