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Patootie NO-Booty Shorts
I hate too-short shorts.
I have long legs that make short shorts look teeny tiny-and that is not
acceptable. I also hate mom pants in
shorts form. It seems like there is no
in-between sometimes. So I took matters
into my own hands and made my own.
In the very back of my jeans drawer I found a pair of
ancient capris. The kind that end just
below the knee with a cuff –2002 called they want their clothes back- As I would not be wearing them ever again as
is, but they still fit good I thought I would try a refashion.
First I tried on the jeans and marked with a straight pin
what length I wanted them to end up at. (Then I would add at least half an inch
to that to account for fraying in the first wash)
I laid the jeans on a flat surface and smoothed out any
wrinkles. Make sure the jeans are lined
up so the fold is exactly on the outside seam.
Next you make your cut. You can
be careful and draw with chalk where you want to cut…or you could just wing it
like me. For a little extra flair I curved
the cut upwards when I got close to the side seam. I really like how it turned out. (For some extra coverage I might add a little
lace in the future)
I also wanted to change up the color a little so I put the
shorts in with my whites and bleached them.
They kept most of their color, I think because they were very thin denim
with a lot of stretch…maybe a weird blend of fibers?
When I washed and dried them, they lost a little length due
to fraying, but they are still much longer than anything I can find in
stores…so overall I would call it a success!
Lastly I zipped a quick line around the very bottom with my sewing
machine. This will prevent them from
fraying any shorter.
