I was asked if I want to join the Portia's refashioners challenge this year and I couldn't be any more excited...especially when I received a pair of leather pants to refashion! Head on over to Portia's site to see how I felt about the project and how I did it! Also check the other talented refashioners and their projects - AMAZING.
supplies:
pants
scissors
sewing machine
thread
marking chalk
instructions:
1. Seam rip open the inside seam of the leather pants. Make sure to seam rip the top stitch and seam that is just under the zipper flap area.
2. Turn the pants inside out matching the side seams together in the middle. The front seam will be on one side and the back seam will be on the other side. Mark where the new seams will be with marking chalk or whatnot. It will be a fairly straight line on both sides.
3. Sew along the new back seam marking only. Then cut the extra fabric off. Don't sew the new front seam together just yet, just cut near the soon-to-be seam (allowing for the seam allowance).
4. Optional - if you need it taken in, you can you take it in the back (be careful of the butt pockets-you don't want to take it in too much that they get too close) or the side seams. It can get pretty thick, so I cut the waistband (instead of just fold) first then sewed it together the size I needed. You may have to do this on both sides if it is really big.
5. Cut the skirt to the desired length. I wasn't planning on hemming because leather doesn't fray, so I made sure to cut the bottom very even and straight.
6. Fold under the top side - mimicking and following the topstitch (that follows the flap coming out from under the zipper) that you seam ripped previously.
7. Topstitch it down to the other front half side of the skirt.
8. Looks like this! I left a 5 or so inches in the front not sewn, if you do this then you can hem or not. If you want the edges hemmed under, do this with an iron and some no-sew fusible tape or just hand stitch it in the inside without going through the leather. (look at number 10)
9. Topstitch the back seam by sewing down the seam allowance while you do it.
10. Optional - If you want to hem the bottom, you can do it with no-sew fusible tape and an iron. I just cut the bottom very straight.
pants
scissors
sewing machine
thread
marking chalk
instructions:
1. Seam rip open the inside seam of the leather pants. Make sure to seam rip the top stitch and seam that is just under the zipper flap area.
2. Turn the pants inside out matching the side seams together in the middle. The front seam will be on one side and the back seam will be on the other side. Mark where the new seams will be with marking chalk or whatnot. It will be a fairly straight line on both sides.
3. Sew along the new back seam marking only. Then cut the extra fabric off. Don't sew the new front seam together just yet, just cut near the soon-to-be seam (allowing for the seam allowance).
4. Optional - if you need it taken in, you can you take it in the back (be careful of the butt pockets-you don't want to take it in too much that they get too close) or the side seams. It can get pretty thick, so I cut the waistband (instead of just fold) first then sewed it together the size I needed. You may have to do this on both sides if it is really big.
5. Cut the skirt to the desired length. I wasn't planning on hemming because leather doesn't fray, so I made sure to cut the bottom very even and straight.
6. Fold under the top side - mimicking and following the topstitch (that follows the flap coming out from under the zipper) that you seam ripped previously.
7. Topstitch it down to the other front half side of the skirt.
8. Looks like this! I left a 5 or so inches in the front not sewn, if you do this then you can hem or not. If you want the edges hemmed under, do this with an iron and some no-sew fusible tape or just hand stitch it in the inside without going through the leather. (look at number 10)
9. Topstitch the back seam by sewing down the seam allowance while you do it.
10. Optional - If you want to hem the bottom, you can do it with no-sew fusible tape and an iron. I just cut the bottom very straight.
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