She refashioned her son's daggy jeans into skinny leg patched jeans, inspired by Gwen Stefani's son Kingston's trendy threads:
Her refashion has inspired mine. Not so much to refashion daggy jeans for my son, but to lengthen them. I bought these jeans from a childrens market for $2.
I followed Max California's tutorial, but also cut the jeans in half around the knee, so that I could add in an extra 10cm or so. I then patched up the gap with lots of cut up rectangles and squares from scrap material, jeans, and a pair of cords. Take a look at the inside of the jeans to see the gaps I've patched up:
I left the jeans fairly baggy as per their style, but I am pretty pleased with how they turned out

6 comments:
definitely needs a pocket patch on the bum!
they're the cutest! and what a great idea, definitely extends the life of the jeans :D
That's so cool! You can't even tell that they've been lengthened.
I linked to your project over at Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-lengthen-little-boy-jeans-with-scrappy-patches/2010/09/12/
--Anne
lengthen with patches! brilliant! My son's pants are always holey and he only grows longer, never wider, so this is the perfect solution to both. Genius.
Ack! So cute!!! I can't even sew a button, shame on me!
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Ah so cute! I love the way yours turned out :D
Cute!
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