How to Up-Cycle

Turn your rags into riches!

For my Aesthetics class, we had to take an old item and make it into something new, otherwise known as up-cycling.

I decided to take an old pair of my boyfriend's pants that he ripped and turn them into a high-waisted mini skirt for myself.

First, I cut off the pant legs. Then, I had to sew the ass seam back together because that's what was ripped by my boyfriend's bubble butt. I also had to take in the waist of the pants to fit me. After that, I had to sew the seam together in the front and hem the raw edges from where I cut off the pant legs.

Then, I had a plain mini-skirt, but that wasn't different enough from the original for me.

At that point, I decided to acid-wash my skirt by spraying it with bleach and both sides. It was super easy and I just had to wait for it to dry!

10/10 recommend this up-cycling project!

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