Low-rise Pants to Cargo Skirt

 Hello Readers. Can pants become a skirt? Yes, let me show you how I did it. 

 

Before and after.

 

These are not flattering and the clasp in the front is broken. The fabric was very nice linen and I thought I could make a fun cargo style skirt.

I could connect the legs to make a skirt and use some of the extra fabric to add some large pockets. 

I needed to fix this part of the waistband. It looks like someone tried to fix this but it didn't work. 

I used a zigzag stitch to sew the 2 sides together. I sewed horizontally as well as vertically to make this really strong. 

I cut the legs open along the inside seams. 

I turned the pants inside-out and once the seams were cut open I pinned the seams together like this. I would sew this new seam together and I would have a skirt. For the back I pinned all the way up, including the waistband. That way it would remove the entire back seam.

You can see the new seams if you look closely. In the front the new seam goes up the the bottom of the zipper, We will need the zipper to get in and out.  I tried it on to check the fit and then cut all that excess fabric away. 

The waist was a bit big so I decided to cut the sides open at the side seam.

I pulled the back of the skirt over the front and clipped it in place. 

 

 I stitched that down using a zigzag stitch and the waist fit so much better. 

 

I cut 2 pockets from the hem of the pant legs to attach to the sides of the new skirt.

 

I folded the edges under and ironed the pocket into a square. 

 

I wanted a large pocket on each side of the skirt so I sewed them on. 

 

I shortened it and I love how fun and casual this turned out. Thanks for reading along, now go make something fun for yourself.