From Jeans to Skirt in an afternoon

This is far from an original idea, but making a pair of jeans into a skirt has appealed to me for a while. Ruth the incredible sewer sports a couple of these, which look tremendous. I have had a pair of jeans in the stash for a while for the purpose, and this morning took the seam ripper to them.

That was a whole lot of fun once I had got started. I was in a ripping mood. Good stress release!

I have some rather lovely fabric I bought with a skirt in mind, which is from the Japanese selection at my local material store. (I won't do a plug for them, as they are RUDE and hate Kids in the store, but they DO have beautiful fabrics!) ;-)

So with some help from tutorials on line such as these summarised at One Hour Craft,

And from Reconstructing Clothes for Dummies,

And from Me Who Knows Best (!! that means I read it, I don't get it, and I Do It Myself)

This is the outcome!

I know the photo would look better if it was actually ON, but I have chosen to do it this way!