repurposed bluejeans

I'm pretty sure I've seen this in a store before but can't recall where. Anyway, I don't think this is an original idea. These are Tsia's bluejeans that fit her when she was about 2, but after losing the diapers she's still about the same circumference. Skinny kid. The jeans were in rough shape after being handed down repeatedly, so this seemed like a perfect project for them.

There are lots of on-line instructions for turning an old pair of jeans into a skirt. I ended up just winging it since none of the tutorials seemed to do it the way I wanted.


The yo-yos are quick to make, even without a yo-yo maker (mine were all the wrong size, so I just cut circles and stitched them the old-fashioned way). Then I hand basted them to the bottom edge of the skirt and used a fancy machine zig-zag stitch to secure them. Also zig-zagged across the yo-yos after they started coming apart--clearly I should have knotted them better when stitching.

Now I'm thinking about making one for myself.