How to make shorts out of trousers?

With a flick of the wrist ... Well, not in one movement, but in a very simple way, your favorite, but already tired trousers turn into even more favorite and, one can say, new shorts. Best of all, jeans are suitable for this, out of ordinary trousers they will come out just neat (this does not mean uninteresting) shorts.

To get a new thing and feel like a fashion designer, you will need:

1. Trousers.
2. Safety pins.
3. Ruler.
4. Crayon (pen, marker, piece of soap).
5. Scissors.
6. Iron.
7. Sewing machine or just a needle.
8. Threads.
9. If desired, what you will decorate the result.

1. Put on pants and determine the length. We mark it with something to paint or just pin up with a safety pin.
2. We remove the pants, lay them on a table or other flat surface (you can just on the floor), align the legs on the edge, on each of them draw a line marked with a chalk (pen, felt-tip pen) or a pin on the ruler. Compare the height, putting the legs on each other.
3. If we want to get shorts without cuffs at the exit, then we lay down 4-5 cm down from the drawn line and draw the actual cut line. This will be our hem. If you dream of shorts with a cuff (cuff), then add from 5 to 7 cm. If you like very much creative, for example, deliberately frayed edges, then 1-1.5 cm will be enough for you.
4. The worst thing in this process is cutting along the bottom line. To make the cut line even, you need to take into account the structure of the fabric of the former trousers or future shorts, as you like. Jeans is dense, but loose, so it is better to cut in one layer. Lighter fabrics can be cut in two layers, but then it is better to chop the trouser leg along the cutting line with pins so that the material does not move.
5. Repeat again for the second leg.
6. We take out the pins.
7. You can try to make sure everything is in order. Shorts should be longer than they thought. Either by the length of the hem, or by the length of the cuff, or by the length of the fringe. If it’s scary, don’t try it on, it’s still cut off anyway.

If for some reason you just need a raw edge, then congratulations - the shorts are ready. You can decorate them (see options below), you can do without it.

If you like tattered edges, then you can proceed to the actual "junk". You can wash in a typewriter, the edges will be tattered. If badly ruffled, wash again. You can manually thread the thread with a large needle along the longitudinal row a couple of centimeters in height. Everything, it is possible to put on absolutely new little thing. Or decorate it first.

If you want a neatly hemmed edge, then:

• bend the edges of each leg inward by 1 cm;
• walk around the fold with a hot iron;
• bend again to the first line;
• iron again;
• Sew on the sewing machine by hand with hidden stitches.
• decorate or wear as is.

If you want to get a carelessly hemmed edge, then:

• bend the raw edge up from the front;
• iron;
• sew on the sewing machine or manually each leg;
• If desired, you can decorate new clothes.

If you feel strong, you can wipe at the cuffs (cuffs) of the remaining parts of the trousers, or even the cuffs of another (contrasting, plaid, and flowered) fabric.

Therefore, the steps will be as follows:

• if you have trousers with straight cut or widening from the knee, take the remaining piece of trousers, find a place where its circumference coincides with the cut circumference on the shorts, cut the ring to the desired height of the cuff, do not forget about the seam allowance and hem (1-1.5 cm);
• if the pants are tapered down, use another fabric for the cuff.
• if you use another fabric (note that the direction of the share thread should be located like your former trousers), then simply cut a tapered strip equal to the length of the cut circumference from one long edge and 1-1.5 cm more from the other, the height cuffs, with seam allowances of 1 cm and sew it into a ring, process the edges of the seam with a machine or manually with an overcast stitch;
• sweep a fabric ring to the trouser leg, inserting it inside out to the wrong side;
• Sew on the machine or by hand, leaving the allowances of 1-1.5 cm;
• Iron the seams, guiding them up to the waist;
• now you need to unscrew the flap and iron it with an iron, the seam will be located inside the leg;
• Sew a lapel with a secret seam by hand or sew it on a sewing machine.

If the soul asks, you can decorate a new thing. There are many options:

• scuffing, if shorts were made from not enough, in your opinion, worn jeans - use for this pumice stone or sandpaper;
• holes or cuts - nail scissors to help you, and to make the holes look really stylish, you need to wipe their edges and thread wrinkles;
• rhinestones, metal or metal spikes - easy to glue, but when washing can fall off;
• lace (you can sew on the bottom, you can sew on top, you can sew on the sides, after cutting triangles in them, you can cut a hole and sew lace from the inside) - a very feminine and stylish option;
• buttons, chains, buttons - simple sew them.

Wear it with pleasure!