Denim skirts out of blue jeans at UPC seminar - Page 9

Sister Alvear · #81 01-17-2009, 11:33 PM

With billions of lost people and the preachers preach or jean skirits or wearing red...Someone needs to stand at the foot of the cross and watch the Savior die...

Such foolishness goes on in the name of Christ...

nwlife · #82 01-18-2009, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by RandyWayne

LOL

My Ma (of all people) bought me some jeans and their crotch was about 6 inches below where it should be. They are not quite hip hop style but I refuse to wear them.

I love the hip hop style-especially since they are made big, it helps to fit around the belly! But for when I wear them, I do have to wear big suspenders!!! Kinda makes me look like the tv character Steve Urkell!!!

nwlife · #83 01-18-2009, 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

With billions of lost people and the preachers preach or jean skirits or wearing red...Someone needs to stand at the foot of the cross and watch the Savior die...

Such foolishness goes on in the name of Christ...

Very true Sister! Very True!

SDG · #84 01-18-2009, 07:43 AM

Sounds like a great project ...

Help saves the Earth (recycling)
Saves money (recession)
Makes you holy (religion)

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I found this for those want to practice the R's:

Through a fairly straightforward set of steps, you can make a skirt out of a favorite old pair of pants, getting use out of them even if there's a hole in the bum or a few rips in the knees. The process is fairly similar to making bellbottoms. Since dealing with the waist can be a bit tricky when sewing a skirt, this is a nice project for someone just starting to sew, and if the pants fit, you can be fairly sure your finished product will fit you as well. The process is as follows:

Decide how full and how long you want your skirt to be.

Acquire a yard or two of fabric.

Slit the pants along the seams. The only tricky part is the crotch: There's some extra fabric at the inseam, so cut the seam above it and trim so that the fabric lies flat. You're also liable to be limited by zipper/button hardware here in terms of how high this slit goes, so take that into account when you're figuring out the height of the others--I'd recommend making them all the same size for simplicity's sake. If your pants don't have zippers or pockets or other things constraining the height for these slits, their exact placement is a matter of taste. Think about what part of you the fabric should flow out from. Hips? Knees? Halfway in between? Just leave at least 3 inches or so of space from the top of the slit to the waistband, so that the garment retains a bit of the original structure around the waist.

If you want a fuller skirt, I'd recommend cutting each resulting section in half after that.
Cut the pants to the length you want your skirt, allowing for a hem.
Optionally, taper each section of the pants into a triangle (this is for aesthetic purposes only).

Cut the extra fabric into wedges to fill the slits (the wider the wedges, the more full the skirt--45 degrees per panel with 8 panels will give you a full-circle skirt). You may want to do some measuring and make a template out of newspaper. It will probably look best if you also round out the bottom edges, but it's not necessary if you're not comfortable sewing anything but straight lines.

Using a sewing machine (or a needle/thread if you're insane and have too much free time), attach the panels of fabric to the slits in the pants. I recommend pinning the fabric together before sewing. Make sure to use two lines of stitches whenever dealing with the edge of the fabric as protection against unravelling.

Trim any excess fabric, hem the bottom edge (ironing helps), and you're done!

Some fashion-oriented skirts made from blue jeans use fabric from the lower legs for the inserts, eliminating the need for finding other fabric. They may also leave some raw edges of the denim exposed and leave much of the inseam intact, folding it over and trimming it to reduce the bulk but leaving the formerly-crotch-following curve sewn in place to emphasize the DIY nature of the garment. The look has enjoyed some popularity recently, and it's probably what most people will have in mind when you tell them you turned a broken pair of pants into a skirt.

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rgcraig · #85 01-18-2009, 10:10 AM

http://www.savvyseams.com/clothing/jeanskirt.php

jaxfam6 · #86 01-18-2009, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by rgcraig

http://www.savvyseams.com/clothing/jeanskirt.php

That could not have been from a UC the skirt was to short.

=)

I knew a pastor's wife that has done this for years. She would look for outfits and when she found one she liked, if it were a pant suit she would remake the pants into skirts. No one knew about it for years till I saw her in a store buying an outfit and she felt a 'need' to explain to me why she was buying a pant suit. I could have cared less.

Margies3 · #87 01-18-2009, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

TIM RUTLEDGE were you not over at another forum talking bad about this forum and I see you are here tonight...How come?

Sis, Alvear, I believe that is the closest I've ever heard you come to calling someone out! WOW! I'm..................... I don't know what I am? stunned? amazed? impressed? shocked? WOW! Just WOW!

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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

With billions of lost people and the preachers preach or jean skirits or wearing red...Someone needs to stand at the foot of the cross and watch the Savior die...

Such foolishness goes on in the name of Christ...

Now this is WISDOM, people!! AMEN!!!!!!!!!!

jaxfam6 · #88 01-18-2009, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Sister Alvear

This forum is so funny I wore a red skirt and blouse to church the other night and in the middle of the service it dawned on me what some say about red and I was the preacher that night! lol...

you are going to get the name of harlot preacher if you keep wearing that red

=)

j/k

jaxfam6 · #89 01-18-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Margies3

Sis, Alvear, I believe that is the closest I've ever heard you come to calling someone out! WOW! I'm..................... I don't know what I am? stunned? amazed? impressed? shocked? WOW! Just WOW!

Now this is WISDOM, people!! AMEN!!!!!!!!!!

Doesn't she make you want to move to Brazil and go to their church? I love her posts

Margies3 · #90 01-18-2009, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by jaxfam6

Doesn't she make you want to move to Brazil and go to their church? I love her posts

I totally agree! This lady has more wisdom in her little toe than most people have in their whole beings. We are very blessed to have her here on AFF. I think God sent her here to keep some of us in check - myself included on occasion. Everyone included, on occasion