FSIS: Cut-off Jeans For Summer…and a tutorial.

A couple of months ago I went through our pants and set aside any that were starting to get  too worn out or would not fit the girls by next fall.

I just want to say, I HATE the thought of spending money on summer clothing. It just seems wasteful. All we are going to do is get dirty while romping, wear LESS clothing and we aren’t really going to care a whole lot about what we look like when we have no where official to be and no one to impress.

So to me, it makes much more sense to re-invent clothing we already have and pants are a great place to start. If you with me on this, here is a quick tutorial on how to create cute cut-off jeans:

1. With pants on or using another pair of shorts as your guide, measure the length you want for your cut offs. To this, add on seam allowance keeping in mind whether you want to flip up once, leaving the edge raw to fray a bit in the wash or flipping twice and having a folded edge.

2. Lay one pant leg straight and cut straight across the leg at the length measured.

3. Fold over onto the second leg to match and cut.

4. Fold up raw edge and eye how you want your hem to look.

5. Press your edges with an iron.

6. Hand stitch a thick stitch in one place at the side seams of each leg to hold in place.

7. To keep the hem in place, in the inside (wrong side) make large loose stitches catching only a tiny bit on the right side of the leg (invisible stitch). Doesn’t have to be pretty.

8. View in the inside when done.

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