Thrifty Use for Old Jeans
May 10, 2009 by Karen Weideman
Filed under Reusing and Recycling, clothes, frugal living
Each year we have the same two problems:
1) My daughter outgrows almost all of her pants in the length.
2) It’s hard to find shorts that are long enough.
What is the deal with short shorts anyway????
This year, I decided to take some of her old jeans and try to make shorts out of them.
I cut the jeans right above the spot where she had wore out the knees. I was just going to roll them up,but decided they might unravel so I had my mom put a stitch in the bottom.
Ta-da. Now we have cute shorts that are long enough and they didn’t cost us any money. Reusing old pants is a great way to save money on your summer wardrobe.
You might also like this video on making maternity pants from old jeans.
images (c) Karen Weideman
After reading this I immediately grabbed my daughter’s pair of Levi’s flair jeans that were too short and made them into a really cute pair of capris! She’s so tiny in the waist, I will probably find quite a few pairs of jeans to transform, thanks for the idea!
That’s what I’ve done for my son’s jeans that are holey. Also I’ve re-used onesies. I cut right above where the leg holes are and sew a hem and they then turn into shirts.
Great job- at first when I heard cut off jeans, I cringed. In the 70’s even hairy men wore tiny frayed edge cut off shorts. Those were so gross.
I could use the bottom of the jeans for the rug i’m making. I actually split the jeans with someone. She uses the top for some really awesome purses and I use the bottoms for my rug.
I saved the bottoms for this summer. The kids will be looking for things to do. I’ll add them to a box of supplies so that they can cut things up and make collages or pictures. Denim is very versatile and can be used for all sorts of things.
Those are so cute. I have a hard time finding shorts long enough for me too. I have started wearing a lot of denim skirts. They keep me way cooler too.