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From: fabricrat
Date: 09-29-2005, 12:12 PM (1 of 6)
I'm just starting to teach a tween/teen class (  ) and one of the girls is very creative. She wants to make a skirt from an old pair of jean shorts. I would like to have her follow some sort of pattern (so she can see why things are done the way they are done). Does anyone know of a pattern I can direct her to? We are in a small town and the only patterns available here are Simplicity, McCall's and Kwik-Sew. Or a detailed write-up would be good. I have not tried this myself up to this time. I have created gowns from pictures but for some reason I'm kinda stumped on this one. 
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User: fabricrat
Member since: 03-29-2003 Total posts: 9 
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From: carman
Date: 09-29-2005, 01:26 PM (2 of 6)
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here are few ideas, i just googled "skirt patterns from jeans" and these are some that showed up. http://www.denverfabrics.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=14097&Category_Code=PAD&Product_Count=0 http://www.simplicity.com/index.cfm?page=section/jeansskirt/jeanskirt.htm http://sewing.about.com/library/sewnews/qa/aaqa1202a.htm |
User: carman
Member since: 04-17-2000 Total posts: 692 
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From: Magot
Date: 09-29-2005, 03:54 PM (3 of 6)
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http://www.masseysewing.com/project...jeans_skirt.htm http://www.lisafrank.com/activities/wardrobe.html http://www.fashion-icon.com/fall_2001/jeansplicing.html from searching our very own site! My daughter made one of these a while ago - though she went for the long skirt option and hers ended up with a fishtail type effect. She used polka dotted material for the insert. love and kisses, Jan
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User: Magot
Member since: 12-22-2002 Total posts: 3626 
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From: HeyJudee
Date: 09-29-2005, 05:43 PM (4 of 6)
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I was looking at Linda MacPhee's website the other night (there is another post about her site) and noticed that her Super Skirt pattern #412 has directions for making jeans into a skirt. FYI - the address on her site is in Edmonton, Alberta. Go to the patterns and search for the Super Skirt number. May be worth taking a look. Good Luck. http://www.macpheeworkshop.com/ TTFN from
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User: HeyJudee
Member since: 01-25-2005 Total posts: 1366 
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From: Jayde877
Date: 09-29-2005, 06:10 PM (5 of 6)
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it is so interesting for me to see this thread when I someone(from another Yahoo group I'm in) posted a link to a website about how to turn jeans into a skirt just yesterday. I'm sure any of the other sites will have what you need, but here is the link that was sent to me. http://www.notmartha.org/tomake/jeanskirt.html Good luck! Charity |
User: Jayde877
Member since: 07-27-2005 Total posts: 106 
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From: fabricrat
Date: 09-29-2005, 06:30 PM (6 of 6)
Thank-you soooo much for these sites!!! They're perfect  . I'm hoping a few of the other girls will want to try this as well. They can be so creative  .
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User: fabricrat
Member since: 03-29-2003 Total posts: 9
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