Upscale old Jeans into cute Summer Shorts!

Don’t know what to do with worn out jeans from winter?  Make them into shorts!  My daughter wanted to still wear her favorite pair of jeans in the summer.  I told her to rummage through my scraps and pick out some fabric she liked.  She came back with pink butterfly fabric.  If you don’t have any scraps a fat quarter will also work.

How to make the shorts:

1.    Cut off the jeans right above the hole.  I used a ruler to make sure my cut was straight.

2.   Cut your scrap fabric to 4” width.  The length will vary depending on the size of jeans,  just make sure it is long enough to go around the whole leg of the jeans.

3.   Fold your scrap fabric in half.  With right sides together pin the scrap fabric to the jeans starting at the inner leg seam (this way you can’t see if your seam is off a little).  Make sure all the salvage edges are facing up. 

4.   When you come to the end of the jeans, mark with a pin where the scrap fabric meets.  This is your sewing guide for your seam on the scrap fabric. 

   

    You can mark a straight line going down with a fabric pen to make your line straight. 

    Sew scrap fabric ends together.  Pinking shear or serge the salvages so they won’t fray. 

5.   Finish pinning scrap fabric to jeans.  Sew with a ¼” stitch all around jeans.  Pinking shear or serge the savages so they won’t fray.

6.   Repeat steps 2-5 with other leg.  Turn inside out and enjoy your new shorts!