|~ $2 Dark Denim Skirt

Happy New Year! I trust y'all had a fantastic holiday season and are still diligently sticking to your New Year's Resolutions. ;) I'm wondering if I should resolve to not post here very often and then I just might do the opposite, which seems to be the case with resolutions! :D

Before Christmas I hit some sales and clearance racks at JCPenny's and bought these stretch-denim 'magic fit' jeans for only $2! I actually bought two pair (different sizes) because I knew they'd make awesome skirts! And they were long, which is helpful when making pants-to-skirt-skirts. ;)

Before

After

(without shoes, this skirt touches the floor on me. The jeans were so long, I even had to trim 3" off before I hemmed it)

You'll notice I didn't do the usual jeans-to-skirt treatment with the unpicked crotch area- I folded and trimmed that area into a neat triangle, like so:

(back)

For the main piece insert I used suiting twill. I serged the edges of strips of the denim I cut off the bottom and some strips of more suiting twill. I just alternated the strips on the main piece, sewing them down the center. I didn't iron the skirt for the pictures (the edges of the denim strips can curl up a bit when washed) so you could kind of see how they're on there. :) 

I am sooo pleased with the results. This skirt is warm, long, stylish, and can be dressed up or down. Now, I have to decide how I want to do the other pair of $2 jeans... ;)