Skirt from Pants

I (big pink puffy heart) love skirts.

About 2 1/2 months ago, I was scrolling through Pinterest when I saw this skirt. And fell in LOVE.

The Sewing Dork

Naturally, I followed the link to see how this adorable skirt was made. And did nothing.

Then, a few weeks ago, Matt cleaned out his closet and was getting rid of three pairs of khaki pants. Instead of trashing them, I put them in a pile, and did nothing. (Do you see a common theme here??)

So today, my kids were "resting" and my house was pretty clean...so I pulled out the khaki pants and started cutting. I really didn't need to bleach these (plus they were OLD and I was afraid they would fall apart). I forgot to take any pictures of the process, but I here is the step by step of how I did mine:

*I used 2 pairs of mens jeans.

*Cut the legs off

*Cut them into panels

*Got onto Nicole (4yo) for not laying down

*Sewed panels together vertically

*Broke my machine needle

*Cleaned out my sewing basket looking for a new needle

*Put on a new needle

*Rethreaded machine

*Finished sewing the sides

*Made a casing for the elastic

*Asked Nicole (4yo) why she was up again

*Threaded the elastic

*Ella (20 month old) woke up & I gave up on Nicole (4yo) sleeping

*Let both girls get up

*Ironed skirt

All in all, it took me less than an hour and I'm NEW at sewing.

Here's how it turned out:

Um. Not sure why that is showing up sideways. Or what my hands were doing...Nicole (4yo) took the picture. :)