Short Pants

Hello! Its summer in California! Also skinny jeans are in style. What do these two things have in common you may ask? A jean short project!! Thats right take all those boot or flare cut jeans you never wear and cut them into shorts. I decided to do this after watching a few Youtube videos on the subject. (links to videos) After all that I realized I had a pair of shorts that fit well I just don't like the color. 

Here is how I did it.

Supplies

Jeans

Scissors

Marker that will show on the jeans

Cloth measuring tape or ruler

Needle and thread or sewing machine       

Shorts that you like the fit and length 

Now What

Measuring the in and out seam of the shorts you like - add an inch to each side if you want to hem them

Copy measurements to both legs of your jeans - make sure your jeans are really flat

Draw a line connecting the in and out seam marks

Cut along line with sharp scissors

Sew in a hem or sew flat to let edges fray - for a quick sew, just sew the side leg seam to keep the leg from splitting

Now you have an awesome pair of jean shorts!