Another modern outfit but I used an old pair of black jeans. The jeans had thinned and were slightly ripped on the inseam at the crotch so they had to be put in the "to be used as fabric" pile. I loved all the jean skirts out of jeans ideas but wanted something a bit more flirty. When I made the black and magenta knit dress, I really fell in love with that skirt and decided to make a jean skirt similar to that style.
The top of the jeans stayed the same. I just cut off the legs and use one pant leg for the front and back of the skirt and then took out all the seams from the other and used that for the sides.
The back of the skirt isn't perfect but it honestly looks better in person. I just always loved the embroidery on the pockets of these jeans and couldn't bear to just thrown these out. I had to make something out of them!
The skirt from the side. You can see the original "cuff" of the pant leg here in the front. For the back, I took the "upper" edge of the pant leg, flipped it, and made the upper edge the hem. This gives the back a bit more width at the bottom hem in the back. I did piece the skirt slightly in the back as well but I had enough to piece the skirt and it isn't super noticeable where the piecing is.
I'm going back and forth on adding lace to the bottom edge but I think I might keep it as is. The skirt is just the right length for me and I don't think lace would look right with a lot of my generic t-shirts I'll wear with it.
