Do-it-yourself skirt for a baby from jeans. Variety of denim skirts for girls of different ages

Old jeans are rarely thrown away. You can make a lot of things out of them: shorts, a skirt for a child or for yourself, a bag, a backpack, a cover for a stool, an apron and potholders for the kitchen, a vest and even a soft bed for a cat or dog. Creative craftswomen can even create from jeans fashion jewelry or lampshade for table lamp. What could be easier than a do-it-yourself denim skirt for a girl? Patterns are not difficult, and consumables can be found in almost every home. You will spend no more than an hour sewing a skirt, of course, provided that the household has a sewing machine. In this article you will find information on how to sew a do-it-yourself skirt for a girl from old jeans. Patterns and also interesting ideas help you easily convert old thing into a new one.

What to wear with a denim skirt?

A denim skirt, at least fluffy, even straight, is easily combined with many types of clothing, in addition, it is suitable for both summer and spring-autumn:

• In warm weather, you can wear it with bright T-shirts, T-shirts with any pattern. T-shirts with prints in the form of large flowers, bright peas look especially interesting with a skirt, even cartoon characters will be appropriate.
• If the skirt is plain, blue or light blue, without scuffs and streaks, you can wear it with classic blouses and shirts.
• In the cool season, you can put on a denim cropped jacket or any blouse.

Shoes can also be any:

• If the top is in a free style, moccasins, slip-ons and even sneakers will do.
• If the top is discreet, classic, then you can put on sandals, shoes with heels or platform. In general, the choice is very large.

Important! It will help to complement the image denim bag or a backpack sewn from the remnants of fabric, as well as a hoop, hairpin, decorated denim flower or a bow.

Sew denim skirt for a girl with your own hands, you can do any style. Consider the most popular options.

How to sew a fluffy skirt out of jeans for a girl?

Since jeans are a constant companion of youth fashion, no young coquette will refuse a denim skirt.

Important! For thin women of fashion, the best option would be a lush model, it softens the proportions of the body, gives the desired volume in the hips.

Option number 1

One of the best options is fluffy skirt with frills. As a basis, we take the girl's old jeans, which have become short or torn. The main thing is that they are in time at the waist.

Procedure:

1. We cut off the legs at the level where the back pockets end and the front zipper ends.
2. From another material (you can take a piece of cotton fabric from an old sundress), cut out a trapezoid piece.

Important! The length of the upper part corresponds to the bottom of the future skirt. It should be about 10-15 cm wider than the bottom part. The width of this cut is equal to the length of the skirt (estimate in advance) minus the length of the finished denim part.

1. We will attach frills to the denim part. They can be made from wide lace, and you can combine different laces (different widths, colors). And you can cut strips 5-7 cm wide from any light fabric.

Important! The brighter the fabric of the frills, the more beautiful and effective the result will be a skirt. The length of the lace should be 20-30 cm longer than the base on which they will be sewn.

1. Finish the edges.
2. Pass a fabric ribbon or lace around the edge with a basting to pick it up, otherwise the skirt will not come out fluffy.
3. Row after row is sewn onto the base of the tape, starting from the bottom. Each subsequent tier should be 1-2 cm on the previous one.
4. When you're done with the ruffles, join the edges and sew this piece to the denim top.

Important! At the junction of jeans and cotton, you can sew another row of thin lace, it will hide all the flaws. Additionally, a satin ribbon belt will decorate a similar skirt.

Option number 2

Another original model there will be a tutu skirt. In order to sew a denim skirt for a girl with your own hands, you will need a denim top from some old pants or breeches that fit the girl’s waist and hips, as well as a couple of meters of tulle (it all depends on the size of the skirt and how big should it be).

Important! The tulle itself can be plain, 2 colors, or all stripes can be made multi-colored. This nuance depends purely on your imagination and preferences.

Procedure:

1. We cut off the top from old jeans at the end of the zipper, somewhere at the level of the edge of the back pockets (it can be a little lower if the girl is tall). We process the bottom of the skirt with an overlock, a zigzag.

Important! You can fold the edge and stitch if the jeans are not very tight.

1. Now cut the tulle into strips 5-7 cm wide.

Important! Calculate the length of the strip like this: measure how many centimeters are missing from the denim part to the level where the future skirt should end. Now multiply the resulting figure by two. This will be the length of the tulle strip, since when assembling the parts, these strips will fold in half.

1. When the tulle is cut, spread these ribbons thickly on the surface of the upper part of the skirt so that their center coincides with the denim edge.
2. You can put two ribbons in one place, let one row find a little on the next one. So there will be no obvious gaps, and the bottom will be quite lush.

Important! This skirt model attracts attention with a tulle bottom, so sculpting some more rhinestones and appliqués will be superfluous - this will lead to excessive stickiness. A belt to match the bottom will suffice.

Option number 3

A-line denim skirt is a slightly less lush model, but it is all sewn from the same type of fabric. Sewing a children's skirt from old jeans of this style is very simple.

Procedure:

1. Take your old jeans and cut three strips out of them: the first is 60 cm by 15 cm, the second is 110 cm by 8 cm, the third is 150 cm by 9 cm.

Important! These sizes are suitable for a skirt for a girl 2-3 years old. For an older child, increase the size of the strips accordingly. The length of the first part should be equal to the volume of the girl's hips + an allowance for seams of 5-6 cm. The length of the second part should be approximately twice as long as the first, and the third should be 50-60 cm longer than the second part.

1. For each strip, you need to process the edges so that the fabric does not crumble, and sew the ends so that the ring comes out.
2. Take the widest strip, fold the edge to the width of the elastic band +1 cm.
3. Sew, leaving a small opening to insert and secure the elastic.

Important! The length of the elastic band is determined by the circumference of the waist minus 5 cm.

1. Insert an elastic band and sew the ends of the fabric, sew up the hole.
2. Now take the second part, sew along the edge with a basting and pull it off so that the assembly comes out. Tighten the thread until this edge matches the length of the first part.
3. When everything fits together, sew them together. Do the same with the third part.

It turns out a skirt with three tiers.

Important! The bottom of it can be decorated with a frill of lace, and the top can be supplemented with a bow, an interesting belt, an appliqué or something else to your taste.

Option number 4

Another interesting trapezoid model can be offered to those mothers who love not only to sew, but also to crochet. Instead of fabric ruffles, cotton thread frills are knitted to the denim top.

Important! Skeins can be taken both white and colored.

You can’t concoct such a skirt in an hour, but after spending a couple of evenings you can replenish your little fashionista’s wardrobe with a very original thing.

Do-it-yourself straight short skirt from old jeans for a girl

Sewing a children's skirt from straight-cut jeans is even easier than lush.

Option number 1

Procedure:

1. Cut off the bottom of your legs from your old jeans.
2. Having cut out the details of the desired size from them (the top - according to the volume of the girl's hips, the bottom - a couple of centimeters wider), you get parts of the skirt that you just have to sew and hem the bottom.
3. The top can be folded over and an elastic band can be inserted, or a belt can be made from knitwear. To do this, you need to buy a piece of knitwear in a sewing store or use old knitted pants for this purpose, which have already become unusable.
4. Cut out a strip corresponding to the size of the girl's waist, + 5 cm for the seams.
5. Connect its edges and sew to the top of the skirt, leaving a small opening.
6. Insert an elastic band of the desired length.
7. The bottom of the skirt can be processed with a zigzag or overlock, then hemmed.

Important! Complete the lower edge of the product for beauty with curly stitching, narrow lace and appliqué. Thermal stickers, flowers and fabric bows, rhinestones, embroidery will look interesting.

Option number 2

If your old jeans were tight, then you can sew a 6-piece A-line skirt.

Procedure:

1. Taking into account the seams, cut out 6 rectangles measuring 30 cm by 15 cm from the legs.
2. Work the edges with a zigzag, and then sew these parts together with the long side.
3. Fold the top to the width of the elastic that you plan to insert (wider is better) and lay the seam.
4. After inserting the elastic, fasten its ends and sew up the hole for it.
5. Process the bottom of the skirt too: fold it over and sew it, decorating it with some kind of decorative seam.
6. You can not bend the bottom, but on the contrary - dissolve the fringe.

Important! The skirt will come out a little rustic, so any decoration will come in handy. One of the options may be an application made of felt - a flower, an animal muzzle, a butterfly, geometric figures, cartoon character and more.

Option number 4

One more model of "alteration" can be considered. For this, you need the girl's old jeans, which are still in time at the top, but already short or torn at the bottom.

Procedure:

1. From the belt, measure the length of the future skirt plus a margin for hem (3-4 cm).
2. Now spread the rest of the legs along the crotch, then almost to the zipper. Behind - to the same height.
3. Now lay one half on the other and lay the seam evenly. Behind is the same. After these manipulations, triangular gaps remain in the center on both sides.
4. From the cut off trousers, open the flaps of the required size and shape, fasten them with pins from the inside, sew evenly to the skirt. Excess - carefully cut with scissors.
5. Go over the seams with an iron to make them flat.
6. It remains to decorate the skirt and add a fashionable belt.

Important! You can make this triangular insert from another fabric (cotton is desirable), then for beauty add a frill along the edge from the same fabric.

Do-it-yourself boho-style long skirt for a girl from jeans

If your daughter is no longer quite small, then you can try to give new life not only old jeans, but also an unnecessary sundress, sewing a long skirt in the Boho style. You can create such a wardrobe item in an hour.

Important! Boho is a kind of ethnic style, there is some freedom and simplicity in it.

Procedure:

1. You need to cut off the top from old jeans that are not yet small at the waist, and take any unnecessary cotton sundress.

Important! Any color goes well with denim. The brighter and more fun, the better.

1. Cut off the top from the sundress, it will not be useful to us. Finish the bottom with a zigzag or overlock edge.

As you can see, it is not difficult to sew a children's skirt from old jeans with your own hands. The process does not take much time, besides, the future owner of the new skirt can also be included in it. There are many positive aspects of such alteration, one of them is the naturalness of the fabric in composition and its easy compatibility with other items of clothing. Denim is a great fabric for everyday wear. And if jeans your own has already become obsolete, then try to give them a new “life” and purpose. You will definitely like the result.

Ready to throw away your old jeans? And you can please your daughter with a new thing. Let's make a three-year-old girl's skirt out of old jeans and decorate it with the "Kitty" felt appliqué. The skirt is simple in execution, every needlewoman can handle it.

How to make a skirt out of jeans?

Required materials and tools:

• old jeans;
• felt;
• threads;
• scissors.

Cut off the legs from old jeans. Unravel the seams. We iron the fabric.

We will cut out six rectangles 30 cm long and 15 cm wide. This is already taking into account the addition to the seams.

Sew all side seams. We will process the edges of the internal seams on an overlock or on sewing machine with a zigzag seam, as denim is very frayed.

We tuck the top edge to the width of the elastic band and sew on a typewriter, leaving a hole in order to insert the elastic band.

We measure the volume of the child's waist and subtract 5 centimeters. We cut off the elastic band of this length. We put a pin on the end of the elastic band and stretch the elastic band into the belt.

We sew the two ends. The hole is carefully sewn up with a hidden seam.

We also process the bottom with an overlock or “zigzag” and enclose it.

Felt appliqué for a skirt made of jeans "Kitty"

The skirt turned out to be very simple, we will decorate it a little. Let's make an appliqué out of felt. Let's sew on Kitty's face, which many girls love so much.

You will need such a pattern. You can redraw directly from the computer screen or draw by hand.

From white felt we cut out Kitty's muzzle, from pink felt 2 parts for a bow, from black felt 2 eyes, and from a yellow nose.

We put a bow on the muzzle in the ear area, and a circle on top. Sew the circle with a back stitch.

Now sew the nose and eyes with matching threads.

We will embroider the antennae on one side and the other with threads of "mulina".

It remains to sew Kitty to the skirt. We determine the place for our appliqué and sew it with a “back needle” seam.

A skirt from old jeans is ready.

Belka told and showed how to sew a skirt from jeans.
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Probably, every housewife has come across a situation when things accumulate in the wardrobe that seem to be partially worn out, but it seems to be a pity to throw them away. These, for example, include your favorite jeans. The seats are worn along the seam, they can no longer be worn. However, their whole legs still inspire hope to alter one of them. And this is a very good idea. From some good old jeans, you can easily and simply get, for example, one women's skirt(see) or two new cute skirts for a 1.5 year old girl.

All that is needed for this is to wash, rip and iron jeans, and also prepare a skirt pattern. You can build it yourself, by the standards of a child, or cut it out according to an old skirt, or you can simply print it out by downloading it from the Internet.

Denim Skirt Cut Detail Specification:

Stretch jeans

• The front of the skirt, 2 parts;
• The back of the skirt, 2 parts;
• Facing the front of the skirt, 2 parts;
• Belt, 1 piece (you can use a belt from jeans).

Cotton fabric in a small flower:

• Skirt front panel insert, 2 parts.

In the event that the cotton is much thinner than the jeans used, it will need to be duplicated with a thin adhesive pad and placed on a cotton lining. This will give it the necessary rigidity.

It will also be necessary to duplicate the details of the facings of the front panel of the skirt. Dense, they will give the knots of the product nice shape, prevent deformation during its operation.

If the skirt pattern has already been successfully tested in practice and has no comments on fit or processing, when cutting it, you can give the minimum necessary allowances for seams:

• for grinding seams, attaching a belt - 10 mm;
• for turning - 7 mm;
• for processing the bottom - 25-30 mm.

The details of the insertion of the front panel of the skirt should be duplicated with interlining or proclamylin. Then you need to iron the hem allowance by 17 mm.

According to the main details of the cut, it is necessary to cut out a lining made of thin cotton with an allowance for processing the bottom of 7 mm.

Then you need to turn the inserts with a lining. To do this, the parts should be folded facing each other, equalized in all sections and connected to each other with a machine line at a distance of 7 mm from the bottom cut.

After that, the parts must be turned right side out, the stitching seam of the lining should be ironed, and along the entire perimeter, lay an auxiliary line (on a typewriter or manually) connecting the top and the lining. This technique will greatly facilitate further installation of the product.

The halves of the front of the skirt should be stitched along the middle sections. The resulting seam must be processed on an overlock and ironed. On the front side of the front panel, you need to lay finishing lines (double, in the so-called "denim style").

With a thin adhesive pad, you need to duplicate the facings of the skirt.

The prepared facings must be sewn to the front panel of the skirt with a seam 7 mm wide. In this case, the parts must be placed face to face and equalized according to the turning cuts. For convenience, you can even chop them together with pins or sweep them with hand stitches.

In rounded areas, allowances must be cut. This will allow you to easily turn and iron the facing.

The facing must be turned to the wrong side and ironed, straightening a small edging from the skirt part.

On the front side of the front panel of the skirt, along the turning seams, you need to lay the finishing lines.

After that, inserts of cotton fabric should be sewn to the facings of the skirt. Seam allowances must be processed on an overlock. On the front side of the skirt, the facings must be additionally fixed by laying finishing lines along them at a distance of 25 mm from the turned edge.

Parts of the back panel of the skirt should be overcast, and then stitched along the middle sections, leaving a small slit at the top for sewing in a zipper braid. The middle seam must be ironed out.

Then you need to sew in a braid-zipper. It can be flogged from the same jeans from which the skirt itself is sewn.

The front and back of the skirt should be stitched along the side cuts. The seams must be overcast and ironed on the back.

The hem of the bottom of the skirt should be overcast on an overlock and ironed 20 mm towards the wrong side.

Then, double finishing lines must be laid along the bottom of the skirt.

It should be noted that the cotton inserts of the skirt according to the model are 10 mm shorter than the denim parts. This creates the effect of layering in the skirt.

On the upper cut of the skirt you need to sew a belt. To do this, it must be placed face down on the front side of the skirt, leveled along the cuts and fixed with a line 10 mm wide.

Excessively long ends of the belt must be cut off, leaving only 10 mm for turning from its left edge, as well as 60 mm from the right edge, for processing the tail under the button.

For the convenience of subsequent processing, the ends of the belt must be turned or swept up, tucked inward.

Then you need to pin the flying edge of the belt on the wrong side of the skirt with pins. After that, you should lay the finishing line on all sides of the belt. The basting threads and pins must be removed, and the belt ironed from the inside out.

In conclusion, you need to sew a loop on the left corner of the belt, and also sew a button on its right corner.

A fashionable denim new thing for a little beauty is ready!

Denim clothes are things that are always in fashion, in demand, irreplaceable in terms of strength and durability. Therefore, mothers prefer to buy denim skirts for their fashionable girls.

Styles and models every year more and more attract children to opt for denim products:

A-line skirt. Narrow at the waist and widening towards the knees. This model is well suited for thin girls, visually creates volume in the hips, making the figure more feminine.

Tiered skirt. This style is always relevant, because all girls love to wear fluffy skirts decorated with frills or ruffles. Various lengths, blue, dark or "shabby" color. The frills along the edge can be sheathed with bright thread, ribbon, creating a summer mood.

Straight skirt. Any girl has a tight short skirt in her wardrobe, they are indispensable this season. This model emphasizes a graceful figure and almost adult legs. A miniskirt embroidered with a golden pattern looks glamorous.

Combined skirt. Always in fashion. Combining jeans is easy and simple, especially if your mother is a needlewoman. Leaving up from the old skirt and stitching any material of “fun” colors to it (especially polka-dot and checkered fabric is popular this year), we get a fresh skirt almost for free.

Models of children's denim skirts impress with their diversity. Little fashionistas love to wear embroidered skirts. Large floral patterns look beautiful on a blue background. Skirts decorated with rhinestones, finishing fabric, with lace and inserts. Models with elasticated edges, pockets, prints or buttons, whatever you choose, remember that a denim skirt is practical and you can wear it not only in summer.

What to wear?

As practice shows, a denim skirt goes well with a T-shirt, with a blouse. A short denim jacket with white beads and a skirt matched to match it create the effect of an “adult” lady. A bright T-shirt and a light blue skirt look great.

We elegantly combine a white top and a dark blue bottom. Knitted from white, thin threads, an elongated T-shirt with thick straps looks great with any style of denim skirt. T-shirts with pictures or with your favorite cartoon characters are also good here. Shoes are allowed both sports and classic. On a flat platform and on small heels. In winter, a denim skirt is in harmony with a sweater, turtleneck, knitted vest. A denim backpack plus a denim skirt - that's the fashion set for the summer of 2016.

How to sew?

From old jeans

Old, unnecessary denim items will help to experiment at home. For example, if your girl has already grown out of an old skirt, but she is not small in the belt yet, then you can simply sew on one wavy strip suitable color. Or take a colored summer fabric, cut it into strips different lengths, finish it - here is the new skirt. And one more option - to a straight skirt, crochet a segment of the desired length, and the product looks beautiful both in one color and from combined threads.

Old flared trousers will serve as material for you. And the more worn they are, the more fashionable the sewn thing is. Why flare? Because when you cut off two legs and put them together, you will see a skirt in front of you. You just need to sew the two halves together. It is easier for beginners to bypass the process of sewing in a zipper, this is not for everyone. It is easier to tuck in the belt and insert the elastic.

Applique will help to decorate the product, various figures - stickers are sold in stores. The adhesive base is easily attached to the skirt, it will be easier for you to sew it on. Lace ribbons, frills will help to increase the length of the skirt, it will not be difficult to finish stitching them.

Don't forget to decorate with beads and rhinestones. The skirt, stitched at the bottom with a zigzag seam, looks beautiful. Slices need to be processed on an overlock.

Sewing a skirt with the addition of knitted material

This is a great way to improve a skirt for children who are tight and crushed at the waist. Cut off the belt from the skirt. We take a strip equal to the circumference of the girl's waist, fold it in half and sew it to our skirt (the strip can be cut from sweatpants, which are small but suitable as fabric). Don't forget to insert the elastic into the waistband.

To sew something new for a girl, it is not necessary to buy fabric in a store. A denim skirt made from old jeans will look great and update your wardrobe. If you take a trapezoid as a basis, you can get a new thing that any little fashionista will like. Such a skirt will look good if the bottom is sheathed with lace, and you can also sew a combined skirt with flounces.

Pattern of a denim skirt for girls

This is a very loud name for a drawing consisting of a pair of lines. The skirt is very easy to cut, as it does not have fasteners. This is just a trapezoid, sewn with your own hands, and having an elastic band at the top. Children usually do not have a pronounced waist. Therefore, the girth of the hips will be enough. A trapezoid is drawn on paper, the upper part of which is equal to the girth of the hips, plus two to three centimeters for a free fit. The middle of the pattern is calculated, along which it is cut, and transferred to the fabric.

Skirt tailoring

In order for the fabric to be symmetrically worn on the parallel parts of the skirt, the pattern must be placed on the symmetrical parts of the jeans. Two pieces in the front of the trousers, two pieces in the back at the same height. The skirt consists of four parts, pockets and a belt.

After the parts of the skirt are cut out, they must be sewn. First of all, the details of the front and back half of the skirt are sewn together. You get two trapezoids. Pockets are sewn on the back half, which can be made in any shape. These can be square pockets, triangular or pentagonal. After this operation, the front and back of the skirt are sewn together. A belt is sewn to the top of the skirt, which is folded over and stitched. It needs to leave a place for the gum.

When all the details are assembled and the elastic is inserted, you can think about decorating the product. It can be an applique or a thermal application. You can trim it with lace. It all depends on the flight of fancy. A skirt with lace will look very nice if you combine laces of different textures and colors. If you connect your imagination, you can make different inserts or sew on a knitted belt. Inserts can be the same color as the skirt, or they can be contrasting. The seams in the product can be stitched with a decorative stitch, which in itself will already look good.

Denim skirt for girls with flounces

The skirt with flounces is just as easy to sew as the previous trapeze. But the girls are just delighted with such skirts. Such a skirt can be sheathed with lace, she will only benefit from this.

To make such a skirt, you need to cut three strips from denim. different widths and length. One of them is 15 cm by 62 cm, the second is 8 cm by 110 cm, and the third is 9 cm by 150 cm. The wide strip is a belt, the upper part of the belt must be folded and stitched to insert an elastic band. We tighten the remaining two strips with a thread to the desired size. It turns out two shuttlecocks. We sew these frills to each other, and then to the belt. We process all lines with a decorative seam.

The decoration of the skirt can only consist of this, or you can decorate it somehow. For example, sheathe the bottom of the skirt with ribbon or sewing, sew on a lace bow. It depends on the taste and imagination of the seamstress.

The skirt will look very interesting if you sew lace on the bottom in several rows. For this purpose, it is not necessary to take the same lace, you can combine several types. Let it be beige embroidery, brown lace and thin satin ribbon. In order for it to look beautiful, it is better to sew lace on a cotton base. As a basis, you can take any white cotton fabric. It can even be a sheet, from which a piece of the desired size is cut off. Lace is alternately attached to the base, and then it is sewn to the bottom of the denim skirt.

Ruffles for a denim skirt can be made from any fabric, it can be summer skirt with bright colored frills. You can make a lambada-style skirt, with frills of bright fabric in a wide variety of shades. An original country-style skirt will turn out if you use checkered fabric as frills, making an appliqué of the same fabric on the skirt itself. Fantasizing on this topic, you can combine the incongruous, resulting in an exclusive and original thing.

These are just a few ideas on how you can update a girl's wardrobe without leaving home. All it takes is old jeans and a flight of fancy. You can also find other old things in your stocks that will help in updating the wardrobe of the little princess. You just need to make an effort and try to invent from the old thing new model. At the same time, the costs are minimal, and the moral satisfaction cannot be compared with anything.

So, look, maybe in your stocks, on the mezzanine or in the closets, there are things that, with careful study and effort, can turn into an exclusive model for a child, or maybe for an adult.

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