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Does your daughter have a pair of capris she’s no longer wearing? My Way Home gives a step-by-step tutorial on how to turn capris into a cute skirt.
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That is adorable! Thanks for sharing. My daughter will love it!
Wanted to let you know this is becoming one of my fave features on MSM, the DIY projects and printables:)
Ah- I loOOOVE this idea! We will definitely be doing this as we have a few capris and we need more skirts!
Thanks!
Cassie
This is Awesome! I can’t wait to try it for myself!
Oh i just did this! Literally like yesterday. lol. I’m going through a crafty phase and am going to be making baby hats from old shirts today. Might try making baby pants a different day. rookiemoms.com has a bunch of baby clothes DIY tutorials that are really good.
Seems like this might work for jeans with a hole in the knee, too. Too bad I’m scared of my sewing machine!
http://momforhim.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-fear-of-sewing-machines.html
@Jessica-MomForHim, Liquid Stitch. I don’t own a sewing machine and can’t sew very good by hand.
We’ve done this for several of my daughter’s jeans after they get a hole in the knee. You can also cut off everything just below the back pockets and add layers of material for a tiered skirt…really cute!
I don’t think I could ever pull off wearing something like this myself, but it would be quite cute on my 4yr/3yr little girls.
By the way Crystal, I too am really enjoying these DIY posts. I love finding new things to do with things I have on hand, and just learning to do things myself in general. Keep ‘em coming
I did this with a favourite worn out pair of jeans in 2003 and it’s still my go to skirt in the fall!
Off the topic question:
I saw on FB the other day a deal for Pillow pets…making them around 7ish dollars. Can you help me find it? I can’t seem to. Thanks!!
I just wanted to chime in and say how much I love your repurposed items posts as well. Thank you!
Love it! We often are given pants/capris and my girls prefer skirts! What a great way to alter them
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=299282.0 <–my favorite craft site has this amazingly easy tutorial on how to turn old tshirts into yoga pants. I've done one pair from my husbands old shirts he no longer wears and it was a great success. I have 3 more cut and waiting to be stitched up right now.
Super comfy, recycles the shirt into something I wear often, and it costs nothing to make.
my grandma used to have one like this… when she was young, in World War -II, and she didnt wear it even then!