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More Crafty Thriftiness

February 25th, 2008 by Simone

When I was in elementary school my mother would extend the life of my jeans with a piece of jacquard trim. As an eight-year old I hated it, but now in the age of craft and retro design what could be cooler than a personalized pair of pants.

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So, when my daughter began to outgrow her much loved khakis I began my hunt for some trim. Luckily our local notions store had a stack of it. I decided on three different kinds and bought a yard of each. The trim should be at least two inches wide to get a noticeable extension of length. To ensure my daughter’s buy-in, she decided which trim would go with which pants and we were on our way.

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To attach the trim, you measure the perimeter of the leg bottoms and add two inches to that number. In my case the perimeter measured 13 6/8″ plus 2″ equals 15 6/8″. Cut two pieces of trim to this length.

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To clean up the cut edges, fold over a half inch at each end and zigzag stitch across the width of the trim.

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Then attach the trim along the line of the bottom leg hem allowing for an inch of overlap at the inner leg seam.

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Once you’ve come full circle, sew together the overlapping ends of the trim.

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Finish with a few stitches across the bottom of the trim overlap.

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Should you have some leftover trim as we did, you can fashion a stylish and quick headband by attaching 1 inch wide braided elastic to each end of the trim.

20 Responses to “More Crafty Thriftiness”

  1. Halle G Says:

    I did a very similar frugal fix on my little girls pants. Check it out here:
    http://halleshobbies.blogspot.com/2008/01/frugal-pants-fix.html

    BTW–Love you blog.
    Halle

  2. M Says:

    Wow….those look great…I would never have guessed they weren’t purchased that way. Such a good idea.

  3. Susan Says:

    I’m going to try this! My daughter has such a hard time giving up her favorite pants–she’ll wear them until they’ve finally become capris, but that in-between stage is torture for me. I want to put a sign on her that says “Yes, my mom does buy pants that fit me. I’d just rather wear these ones.”

    Maybe I’ll put a little bit of matching trim on the pockets, too.

    I’ve recently discovered your blog–I love it!

  4. Elizabeth (Bloggy Mama) Says:

    So thrifty!! Love it! She’s a cutie, too, Simone. I’ll for sure store this project away for later.

  5. Katie Says:

    That looks great! And it makes me realize that I could do that for some of *my* pants that shrank a little too much after I brought them home from the store!

  6. Jox Says:

    Fantastic idea.
    Only wish I had girls, don’t think my boy’s would be too pleased with this idea, even if I found Pokemon trim!!
    But I love it, like Elizabeth I’ll store this one just in case!

  7. Dana Says:

    thanks for the idea… all my kids are so thin and the pants fit great at the waist when they are all too short… not anymore!!!!!! :)

  8. Sally Says:

    Oh my goodness! I was SOOOO mad at my mom when she sewed lace onto my favorite denim skirt. I was at the age when I was starting to want to wear hoochie mama clothes!

  9. dottycookie Says:

    That is a beautiful idea – and like Katie, I might do that to a couple of pairs of my jeans too!

  10. Zuleika Says:

    What a great idea! Makes me wish I had a little girl to try it on. :-)

  11. tammie Says:

    I was in a car accident back in college, wearing my favorite jeans at the time. When I regained conciousness, they were cutting my beloved jeans up the leg to assess the damage (which ended up being nothing). I was so upset! I patched them with some ribbon down the side seams, and wore them until they didn’t fit anymore. Hee hee!

  12. rubyellen Says:

    that is a great idea! and your daughter is adorable…

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