I took these jeans that I never wear and turned them not only into skinny jeans but also into Capris. It was so easy. Below is a pic of the original pants.
Materials needed:
Jeans that need modified
Jeans that are already the shape you want
sewing machine
1) First turn your jeans inside out and lay them out. Make sure you get all the bumps out. Lay the jeans that are already skinny/carpi on top.
2) Take a marker and draw right on your pants where you need to sew them. Sometimes it will be the inside seem sometimes it will be the outside. You need to look at the seems that are already on the jeans and see which one doesn't have the outside stitch. For me this time it was the inside of the leg.
Then I used a paper to even out the line and make sure it had a gradual start.
3) Sew along the lines.
If you are not making them shorter than you are done here. You can cut off the extra material if you want but it isn't necessary. I didn't on mine.
4) If making Capri's cut off the extra ends.
5) Turn the jeans back right side out and pin the end up about 1/2 an inch. Iron it and sew it. I sewed one regular stitch and then a zig zag stitch to make sure it wouldn't fray.
6) Then fold the jeans up again to your desired length and iron them there.
TaDa my new (but not really) Capri's! Perfect for Califonia weather!
