Jean skirt

As I said before I have been in a really crafty mood lately and have found some cute websites (via my friend Tonya's - Thanks!) for doing such. I had wanted to turn a pair of jeans into a skirt and while I had previously had some instructions, I found another set that was a lot cuter. The website for this is : kari-youcanmakeit.blogspot.com/2009/07/guest-blogger-time-again.html .

These were the pair of jeans of Kaiya that we started with. They were hand-me-downs from a friend so they are still a little big for her. We cut them off just below the zipper. They are really cute because they not only have embroidery on the top, but also on the back of the pant leg which I ended up using.



Instead of just using one solid piece of fabric, I had some scraps to get rid of so we used those instead. Here you can see the embroidered pant leg. The colors all don't match, but Kaiya didn't seem to mind. She liked them all.



After a torturous morning of measuring (not very well) and fighting off the children, I finally got it pieced together and sewn. I am surprised at how well it turned out considering that I have only really sewn quilt squares!


Kaiya was quite excited and wants to wear it to church tomorrow. I was really intending for it to be more of play clothes skirt, but if she wants to wear it to church, more power to her.


The front veiw.


The back view.

I'm glad she likes! I actually enjoyed making it, even if I was being overwhelmed by a little boy trying to turn ever knob on my sewing machine. Looking forward to my next crafty activity!!