Denim Skirt from Denim Jeans $0

Supplies needed:

Pair of quality denim jeans (well, nice from the knees up)

Seam ripper

"Jean Yellow" thread

Sewing machine

A minor dose of patience

My neighbor Mary taught me how to do this (and gave me the jeans...nice neighbor, right?) but I think there is probably an infinite number of internet tutorials available. Here's one.

The unpicking takes longer than the sewing. I enjoyed watching the "Jane Eyre" with my neighbor while I unpicked. The hardest thing is finding thread that is similar to jean thread...marigold yellow and super thick. I matched as well as I could, but it is clearly not identical. The black skirt was originally stiched with cream thread, so that one was easy to match.

I learned that if the original jeans are too small for you/skinny leg jeans you have to insert the cut-off leg pieces to form an a-line skirt. If the original jeans are too big for you, you can just cut off the legs and shrink everything down to a nice, sleek pencil skirt. Don't stress. Either way they are jeans you don't wear, so you aren't out anything if you screw up the first time. I want to remake this with wide-leg jeans so I can make a pencil skirt with a slit in the back.