https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Thu, 07 May 2026 16:28:32 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-134271 Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:08:52 +0000 Theresa 134271@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>awww thank you all so much!! You sure know how to make a gal feel fabulous :D</p> <p>My abs aren't quite as they used to be though LOL</p> <p>I have the jeans in the machine dying now, so I'm keen to see how they turn out!</p> <p>BethW - I followed Kate's instructions - turned them inside out, put them on, then pinned in the inside leg seam to where I wanted them and stitched.</p> <p>I must admit most of my clothing reno's are rough and done spur of the moment, but I have a number of things I've altered and a box of things to renovate! Its such great fun!!</p> <p>Now just to find the perfect pair of boots to wear with my new skinnies </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-134023 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:45:20 +0000 Alecia 134023@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wonderful! I need to practice my sewing skills so I can feel confident trying stuff like this. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-134017 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:25:25 +0000 yublocka 134017@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow Theresa, I'm in awe. Great job! And man I would kill for those abs (or lack thereof! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133970 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:02:28 +0000 Mac 133970@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Clever girl! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133858 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:24:49 +0000 Beth 133858@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They look fantastic! Was it difficult? Any tips you could share?</p> <p>As for your abs...TWO children? Good grief. Are you sure the stork didn't actually bring them?! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133844 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:36:58 +0000 Mellllls 133844@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great job! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133834 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:19:01 +0000 cciele 133834@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Never would have guessed they started out as non-skinny jeans. Nice job! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133815 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:00:16 +0000 rute 133815@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Fab skinnies! You look amazing with skinnies! Great legs! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133780 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:15:19 +0000 shana 133780@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Wow, those look fantastic! I can't believe that you didn't think you could wear skinnies - they look amazing on you! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133713 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:02:07 +0000 JuliaInGermany 133713@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Good idea and well done. I also like altering clothes and giving them a new life. I plan on making one of my maternity summer dresses into a slim fitting tunic to wear with jeans. And just today I researched the possibility of dying a pair of cream shoes that I have hardly ever worn. I think it's great to get more mileage out of a garment AND safe money! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133697 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:00:17 +0000 Rosie 133697@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I am going to try this, too! I recently saw a tutorial on this that was terrific - thanks for sharing your fabulous results. What a way to save money and update style at the same time, and have fun while doing it! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133662 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:15:30 +0000 chellebrate 133662@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Now I want to try! They look great. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133660 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:13:42 +0000 Kristine 133660@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>They look great!! I've made my own skinnies also, and they've turned out fine. You could try two packets of dye so you get a nice saturated color. Or how about one pack navy blue and one black for dark wash denim. </p> <p>Nice work! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133633 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:20:21 +0000 stringy 133633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Huge success! Absolutely give dying them a go. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133629 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:47:53 +0000 Kate 133629@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>YAAAAAAAAY! I'm so glad you like them! Isn't sewing awesome?!?! They look perfect, and I love the idea of dying them! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133609 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:06:37 +0000 Angie 133609@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Brilliant! How did that tummy have two children? You are fab :0) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133606 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:40:16 +0000 taylor 133606@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>BRAVO...a girl after my own heart. I alter absolutely everything I can. I can't tell you how many pair of old bootlegs I have altered!!! Breathing new life into old clothes...LOVE it:)</p> <p>And look at that perfect tummy!!! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/homemade-skinny-jeans#post-133604 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:28:03 +0000 Theresa 133604@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Thanks to Kate's brilliant suggestion, I decided to attempt to turn an old unworm pair of jeans into skinnies today!</p> <p>Before: well worn, old, bootleg jeans that are very frayed on hem and strictly for home.</p> <p>After: still well worn, old &amp; partially frayed on hem, but now skinny!</p> <p><a href="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm95/theresastales/Wardrobe/Bottoms/P3120002.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i294.photobucket.com/al.....120002.jpg</a></p> <p>(excuse the stance - I wanted to show with and without boots, but was having trouble balancing and hadn't bothered to take my dress off, so was trying to hold it up too LOL)</p> <p>Thinking I am going to get some black dye and make them into black skinnies and try and keep an eye out for a pair of dark wash jeans to turn into skinnies as well - unless of course by some chance I find skinnies I like.</p> <p>I never thought I could do skinnies tucked into boots due to my hips because the other skinny jeans I had tried on were all very high % elastane &amp; fit me more like leggings which was not at all flattering, but by using regular jeans that had only 2% elastane they didn't cling so closely, so I felt far more comfotable in them.</p> <p>Thanks Kate </p>