Well actually... that would be ONE now!
I was going to donate 2 pairs of jeans from American Eagle. They fit great upon purchase, but then they shrunk too short in the wash (a constant problem for me because apparently I'm 95% leg) but the waists were all baggy and giant. Then I had an epiphany... I've been wanting some hot skinny jeans, but those are just as hard to find as regular jeans, I bet I could tailor these crap jeans into the pants of my dreams!
So I set to work, it was super super easy. Here's how to do it:
How to take your old jeans from the pit of lame-ville to the summit of fashion-guru-ness!
1. Put on your jeans inside out.
2. Pin your jeans tighter to your leg on the inseam. It helps to use safety pins for this part so you don't poke yourself later. Make sure to leave enough room to get your feet out! If they are too tight now, they'll be too tight later too!
3. Take off the pants and lay flat. Replace safety pins with straight pins. you can also mark the line they make so it's easier to see, and straighten it out a little if necessary (eg, one pin is farther out of line than the others for some reason). They should be fairly straight diagonal lines like this:
5. Turn pants inside out again. Use a lock stitch, or zigzag to keep the denim from fraying, then cut off the excess fabric.
6. Look totally hot in your jeans!
To bring in the waist of pants that are too big, replace step 6 with these steps:
6 (option 2). Use a seam ripper to detach the top edge of your two back-corner belt loops.
7. Create darts in the waistband and stitch together like below:
8. Try on, if satisfied, go over the seam a few more times for strength, and reattach belt loops. It is probably not necessary (or advisable) to remove extra fabric.
9. Look fabulous in your 'new' jeans!
Here's how mine turned out, sorry but all you get is the one blurry pic since my camera is on its way out:
This is so stinkin' smart. And they look great on you!
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