Hello, Welcome to Marcia’s Cottage. ♡ I’m so happy to see you today my friend. ♡ Shall we have a little tea. ♡
Happy Wednesday! How’s your week going? I hope you have been staying cool…
I feel good! Soooo good..I knew that I would too. (a little JB dancing) Cleaning out closets can prove to be a very rewarding endeavour…which ends up feeling so good!
You not only clear out, and perhaps make room for the new.
If your lucky like me, you might actually find some “new” right in your own closet! SO Good! Well, at least that’s what happened to me. And, after this last major closet clean out of my wardrobe,
I discoverd a few pairs of jeans that still had the tags on them. Please don’t tell anyone, because that is just a little embarressing. Anyway, after meeting a very creative young lady a few days ago. … Who completely inspired me with her enthusiasm to create
https://marciascottagebythesea.com/2014/08/forever-young/
I decided to create “shorts” out of one of the pairs of jeans Because, face it is there anything more blissful than throwing on a pair of “cute” shorts in the mid-summer heat. * wink
The shorts I’m wearing in the above photo came from one of the new pairs. Easy smeasy, and no sewing! I used chalk, and marked where I wanted them to fold over. Then I just cut and folded them. You can make them yourself –and customize them to suit your personal style (grin)
Below is a really cute idea for a scalloped hem. No sewing at all! And you can use a pair of old jeans. They actually work best. Because anything old feels good and Comfy.
Scalloped jeans
What you need:
jeans old or new
scisssors
white chalk
small circular cup or jar
fray stop optional
Okay, this sounds basic…but you need to try on the jeans and use the chalk to mark the desired length in the front and the back. The inner seam needs to be slightly longer than the outer seam. The back needs to be slightly longer than the front.
Lay the jeans on a flat surface, and on the front of the pants where you marked the inseam length, draw a slightly angled line from the inner seam up to the outer seam. This line will be the guide for your scalloped edge. Starting in the front, use the chalked line as a guide and trace halfway around the cup, lining the scallops up as you go. Once you’ve created a line of scallops on the front of the jeans, cut them out. Repeat in the back. To prevent the scalloped edge from fraying, use the Fray Stop along the inside edge of the hem. There you go…a new pair of shorts, from an old pair of jeans. Now doesn’t that feel good….so good!
xoxo….
Marcia
The country habit has me by the heart~Vita Sackville West
