denim skirt refashion

after two full days of sewing...tada!

i used an old pair of capri pants that i never wore, another pair of jeans and my favorite fabrics.  i loved the butt pocket star on the capris, but they haven't made it out of my closet in at least two years.  i decided it's time to make something i will actually wear with the jeans i don't wear.

i cut the second pair of jeans into shorts and just used the leg fabric.  the remaining jean shorts aren't flattering at all, so they will probably get turned into a mini-skirt version of this skirt.

i went outside my building, set my camera on my bike and took a lots of photos with my self-timer, but most of them aren't worth uploading.  i give huge props to people who can actually take good looking photos of themselves with a timer or remote.  i was really self conscious and would have taken more if there weren't so many people walking down my street!  i didn't get too many obvious stares, and the ones i did get were from old japanese men with unabashed curiosity.

when i came back inside and looked at the photos, i loved the side and the back, but wasn't crazy about the front.  too much light scrap fabric and not enough denim maybe?  i added some denim and darker fabric at the top but it's too dark out to reshoot.  plus, i think i'll wait until someone can take the pictures for me.

the fun thing about this skirt is i can add or subtract whenever i feel like it.  and it's my first "something i can actually wear out of my apartment."