I’ve rejigged these strawberry pink jeans into a skirt. I made the jeans two years ago using an Au Bonheur des petites mains pattern courtesy of shams, thank you shams! There’s lots of things I liked about the jeans; they were so comfortable and easy to wear, I loved the detailing on the pockets and seams but my little measuring stuff up re the positioning of the knee piece had always kinda bothered me whenever I happened to glance down and notice it. So I hadn’t been wearing them, even though I lurrrve this delicious colour so much.
It’s pretty easy making a skirt from jeans, even avoiding like the plague those versions with the J-curve crotch portion of jeans top-stitched down on the front of a skirt and a big triangular insert plonked underneath. No offence if you love that sort of thing, but I just do not. I prefer for a skirt to look like a skirt.
I followed the same basic concept I did for my previous jeans to skirt refashion. I cut out the offending knee patches and discarded them altogether; the 3D-ness of them made them too difficult to incorporate into a skirt, without looking uber-weird. The front of the skirt is essentially straight from the hips down and the back has two flared sections in the centre lower part to give it a bit of a kick at the back. And to enable me to stride in a brisk and purposeful manner, unfettered by a tight skirt.
I like this shape, how the skirt appears very straight up and down from the front but has plenty of leg movement because of those flared bits. And I’m happy it’s got a new lease on life. This colour! It just screams spring, yes? Yuuuum!
Details:
Top; from Pattern Magic 3, ivory cotton jersey, details here
Skirt; from au bonheur des petites mains jeans, strawberry cotton denim
Shoes; bensimon, from seed boutique
I'm not a huge fan of the j-curve skirt refashion either – yours looks so much better. I've never really thought about refashioning jeans before, I've saved your tutorial under my favourites to refer back to from now on so thankyou!
I agree, this is a much better way of refashioning jeans – I have always hated the plonked triangle look as well. This will now a a garment to enjoy 🙂
Great idea! I have made the J-curve skirt refashion as a teenager. It served me well then, but your interpretation is much more sophisticated. Love the colour!
Love how you upcycled your jeans and yes I get what you mean about the awkward crotch thing that I've seen on some over jeans to skirt refashions. I still need to get Pattern Magic 3!
I would never know that this skirt had a previous life as jeans. I'm glad you were able to refashion the jeans because the colour is fantastic. We all need skirts we can stride in with a brisk and purposeful manner!
Your skirt is cute! Pats to Sienna!!!
Great refashioning job – it looks like it was always meant to be a skirt.
I'm so glad you refashioned these because the color suits you so well it needs to be worn! Rachel ☺
I'm so glad you posted about this, referencing your first post on refashioning from pants to skirt! I am definitely going to give this a try!
Beautiful! What a great skirt. It's always better to have something that you'll wear a lot rather than something that sits in the cupboard gathering dust!
I remember you making these so I must have been reading your blog a while now. They were good jeans, but I think I prefer the skirt :). I can think of lots of nice colour combinations for that colour, too.
That colour is absolutely gorgeous. So glad you were able to make use and refashion.
you are so right a skirt should look like a skirt and that is a great one. Jo x
With a little creativity I guess there are a multitude of ways to refashion jeans into a skirt without resulting to the obvious. Great refashion! Your skirt looks as though it has always been that way!
I meant to say resorting not resulting 🙂
nice refashion…
GENIOUS!
yes, that's a lovely colour.
you are such an inspiration!
I love the back of your skirt! – thanks for sharing, it is so very cute 😉
Great refashion! and in a wonderfully fresh, juicy color.
oh, this is great! also not a fan of the j-curve on refashioned pants to skirts, so i really like how you constructed this. love the color!
Great refashion! Love the color.
Brilliant refashion and lovely that you can wear your gorgeous fabric again!
fabulous refashion, I love this more as a skirt and think you'll get heaps of wear out of it now in the spring/summer.
I am not a fan of the J-curve from pants to skirt look either. Your skirt turned out fabulous. What a beautiful color. (Love your dog.)