The other evening I drafted a pattern for a 12-gore skirt following the instructions found here. The next day I cut gores from worn out pairs of jeans! Now I have a gorgeous denim gored skirt.
I used 1 1/2-inch wide elastic in the waist and designed it to sit on my hips rather than my true waist. I’m so short waisted that if I wore bottoms at my actual waist…well, it wouldn’t be pretty! I plan to reuse some of the original belt loops so I can wear a belt with it…let’s just say that a toddler and an elastic-waist skirt are a recipe for disaster!
You can see a few places where I removed pockets before cutting my gores – adds character, don’t you think? And a skirt without a pocket is simply ill-conceived, so I reused a pocket from one of Hubby’s pairs of jeans. Now I can carry my cell phone when I run errands!
I used 1 1/2-inch wide elastic in the waist and designed it to sit on my hips rather than my true waist. I’m so short waisted that if I wore bottoms at my actual waist…well, it wouldn’t be pretty! I plan to reuse some of the original belt loops so I can wear a belt with it…let’s just say that a toddler and an elastic-waist skirt are a recipe for disaster!
You can see a few places where I removed pockets before cutting my gores – adds character, don’t you think? And a skirt without a pocket is simply ill-conceived, so I reused a pocket from one of Hubby’s pairs of jeans. Now I can carry my cell phone when I run errands!
I'm loving it! So cute!! And the pocket for the cell phone is great. Now to understand the instructions....lol
ReplyDeleteIt looks great! What a clever reuse of jeans.
ReplyDeleteI love it...it's so fun with all of it's different jean colors!! Great idea for sure!
ReplyDeleteI love this skirt! Especially the fact that it has an elastic waist. At 59 my waist has grown and although dieting, this skirt will be able to be refitted for a smaller me. I'm converting all but 2 pairs of jeans to skirts because I like the feminine look.
ReplyDeleteThe elastic waist is so comfortable! It's one of my favorite garments both because of how it looks and because of how it feels when I wear it. It was great even on the hottest days of summer and is wonderful in the cold with a pair of leggings or tights underneath! Best of luck with yours!
ReplyDeleteStopping by from EOA link-up, and I love this idea! I'll have to try this. Thanks so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI hope you do try it! We're starting to collect worn out jeans again (kids are so hard on their clothes!) and I'm thinking of making one for my daughter next. :-)
DeleteI've almost lost an elastic waist garment due to toddler attack-ha! I like the pocket addition.
ReplyDeleteHello. Thanks for the inspiration. I've just written a blog post about my own 12-gore denim skirt and linked back here for the idea - I hope you don't mind! http://the-urban-cottage.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/denim-skirt.html
ReplyDeleteI'm flattered that you linked to me! And what a wonderful job on your skirt!! I *heart* the pockets! :-)
DeleteI love this idea. I'm going to try to make some. I've made a couple jean skirts by splitting them up the middle and adding a triangle of jean fabric to the middle. I think the gored skirt looks better. I really like the boots and jean skirt look. Now I need to find some nice lace up boots to go with the skirts I'm making.
ReplyDeleteI went to the link for instructions and it makes no sense to me, but I'm going to try it. What is Hem sweep?
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