Guest Post: Courtney- A ruffle can fix that

Today's Guest is my sister Courtney.  She is a mom of 4 darlings.  She coaches volleyball.  She has sweet dance moves.  She seasons her food really well.  She is really creative (this point she will argue, but check out her BLOG and you'll see all the fun stuff she does) She also is a pretty fab home decorator DIY-er.  Courtney can always make you laugh, especially when she's around a crowd.  She feeds off the energy of those around her and makes any situation fun.  That last sentence makes it sound like she's a vampire, but vamps are cool.  Take it away Corks!

 

 Howdy fellow sewing friends! Glad you could join me today! I got this tip from my sister, Shaina, who got this tip off of pinterest. I think it is genius and so I felt that it needed to be posted again with my creations. If you would like to see Shaina's creations then click  HERE

Everybody has jeans with holes in the knees right? I do and my kids definitely do. So what do you end up doing with them? You cut the bottoms off and make shorts for your kids. Well, as nice as they are for play clothes, sometimes you have a cute pair of jeans that just make your kids look like rag-a-muffins. (Yes that is a real phrase, my family uses it all the time so it therefore, is a real phrase! If not I may need to create a wickapedia section for it.)

 

Anyways, you have a cute pair of jeans that get the cut and then they are scraggely and stringy. So...you go to your scrap material and find a few pieces of fabric that match your shorts.

Depending on how frilly you want your bottoms to be you make your fabric strips.

 

 I did 2 4x15 inch strips.

Fold the fabric in half wrong sides together.

Sew ends together.

 (Don't sew the 2 strips together! Just one end of one strip to itself.)

If you have a serger, it might be nice to serge the bottom of your shorts...but not detrimental if you don't...I didn't.

Make sure your seam is facing out because once you flip your ruffle over, it will be hidden.

 Also make sure that your non folded edge is lined up with the bottom of your shorts.

Evenly pin right sides together

Sew together.

Flip and iron ruffle down.



Viola...cuter than just plain cut offs.



My girls had fun picking out their own material for their shorts. This is a good project that doesn't take much time but makes a big difference in looking together and finished. I hope you'll try it.