Thanks to some body size changes, I found myself at the start of this warm season without any shorts that fit. \u00a0I’ve half heartedly looked for a new pair, but generally ran into a few problems — current fashion seems to be for shorts much shorter than I like to wear, shorts that are a length I like have the same problems as many jeans and are too big in the middle if they fit my thighs, etc. \u00a0While reflecting on this, I had the thought ‘I wish I had a pair of shorts that fit like my favorite style of jeans do’ which then led to the realization that I could make this happen!<\/p>\n
I pulled out my sewing machine and went to work. \u00a0It was pretty simple. \u00a0First, I put on the pair of jeans I wanted to alter and marked them where I wanted to cut. \u00a0I wanted shorts that hit just at the top of my knee when cuffed, so I marked them just below the knee. \u00a0I took them back off, laid them out on my work bench and cut the legs. \u00a0I focused more on making sure the legs were the same length than on cutting exactly where I’d marked.<\/p>\n
Next, I sewed one seam around the whole cutoff bottom. \u00a0This should help prevent fraying in the future. \u00a0Then, I cuffed the pants, ironed the cuff flat, and sewed right on the original seams to keep the cuff in place. \u00a0I didn’t sew around the whole bottom this time, as I didn’t think that would look good.<\/p>\n
And with that, voila, new shorts. \u00a0It only took me about 20 minutes, and these shorts fit great — they’re the exact length I wanted and they fit well in my middle and my thighs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thanks to some body size changes, I found myself at the start of this warm season without any shorts that fit. \u00a0I’ve half heartedly looked for a new pair, but generally ran into a few problems — current fashion seems to be for shorts much shorter than I like to wear, shorts that are a … <\/p>\n