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Skinny Jeans

Resize your baggy jeans in to a pair of skinny jeans!

Skinny Jeans cost so much in the stores, why spend $$$ when you can make them yourself :P

I go to thirft stores/good will stores and buy jeans then just sew them up myself!

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Turn your jeans inside out then put them on.

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Sit down, make sure your legs are flat and that the pants legs are straightened out.
Draw a line from the bottom of the pants leg to the thigh (I usually just go all the way up to the crotch area). What your doing is your drawing the line your going to sew on, so make sure it isn’t too close too your leg (so that its not too tight) or too far (so that it‘s not too loose). Make sure you can get your foot in and out of the pants hole too.

*Click the image to see the full size.
It should look like something like this after you‘ve draw the line (just pretend the jeans in the pic are inside out :p)

Once you’ve got your lines drawn, you can start sewing along them. One leg first, then the other.
If your sewing by hand be sure to check (try them on) every now and then to see if they fit okay. If they don’t you’ll have to redraw your line and possibly start over.
When you finish sewing up both pants legs try them on.
If they fit then you can take some scissors and cut off the excess jeans.
Turn them back out. They should look something like this:
YAY you made some skinny jeans! Now wear them!

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'Gemyz

Jan 16, 2008 3:13am

i love skinny jeans
great idea :]

Cat Morley

Jan 16, 2008 5:30pm

Wow this is a great idea and much cheaper than buying.

Arko

Jan 16, 2008 6:10pm

It's good if you can get Jeans with a little stretch in 'em before you sew in my experience.

Awsome tutorial :3

ramonehead187

Jan 16, 2008 11:22pm

i've made these before. they totally rock.

dee j.

Jan 17, 2008 8:44pm

I don't get instruction numbers 2 and 3...

O___o

Mia

Jan 17, 2008 10:00pm

Hmmm, if it helps any, I'll take pictures of what I meant and put them up tomorrow :)

michaelasaurus

Jan 18, 2008 12:17pm

I am attacking my jeans as soon as i get home. =D

Nessah.

Jan 22, 2008 11:55pm

mm heck yesssss..this makes me wanna sew more jeanss. butt im too lazyy blehhhhh. =]

Sarijuana

Jan 25, 2008 1:30am

Thanks so much! I just did this on a pair of my jeans today and it worked very well. :D

TL H.

Jan 25, 2008 3:56pm

YES!
Finally - buy for your own hips and waist and do the alter yourself. Even the skinny jeans in Canada aren't meant for size 12s!

Kendra P.

Jan 28, 2008 1:23am

Freakin great tutorial. I was wondering how to modify non-skinny pants into skinny pants but was too nervous to try messing with it on my own.

tarrah.

Jan 28, 2008 9:35am

thank you soooo much this is uber rad and it only took me 1 hr!

tarrah.

Jan 28, 2008 9:35am

thank you soooo much this is uber rad and it only took me 1 hr!

Joni

Jan 29, 2008 9:22pm

excellent, much better than buying new ..x

Manda Z.

Feb 4, 2008 7:21pm

I tried this yesterday
it works! and its super easy!

R0oster

Feb 9, 2008 4:55pm

SucH a Good IdeA! I Heart SkinnY Jeans , I'm soo Gonna Do this!!

OX____SARAH<3

Feb 13, 2008 9:23pm

if i wanted to buy Skinnys from New Look it ud cost me £20! this FOR FREE! (somewhat!) :]

Alexa S.

Mar 7, 2008 9:28pm

(Hyperventilating) OMG! (Runs to her closet for some old worn out jeans)

MIHO

Mar 27, 2008 2:52pm

I love this how-to! <3 Thanks for posting this!

Rena

Apr 18, 2008 11:54pm

awesome!

Brendon L.

Apr 21, 2008 3:02am

this is way smart and who ever came up with this idea is a genius

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