Waist Pants Into A Skirt

Refashion Tutorial: Convert a Pair of Elastic Waist Pants into a Skirt

Posted by Elizabeth A.

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You Will Need (3 things)

  • Trousers
  • Scissors
  • Sewing Machine

Steps (4 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    The "before" picture.

  2. 2

    Determine how long you wish your skirt to be. Cut off the excess length on legs. Allow a couple of extra inches for the hem.

  3. 3

    Rip out inside leg seams and front and back seams. I ripped out the seams up to the yolk. If your pants have no yolk, leave seam intact about 6 inches down from waist (both front and back).

  4. 4

    Turn whole thing inside out. Sew up front and back seams. In this example, my seam roughly follows the green stripe. Trim off extra fabric and zig-zag rough edges to prevent raveling.