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The great thing about high-waisted shorts is that you can show a whole lot of leg, without having the feeling that your clothing is barely-there. Mile-long legs without skank? Style without trash? Perfect.
But, as usual, I don't have any money to buy new ones. A quick look at Aritizia shows that their new wilfred high-waisted denim shorts are in the $110 range. Yikes. So, being the frugal and crafty person I am, I decided to make my own!
And they look super hot.
It was about 100x easier than I thought. Think of the easiest piece of clothing you've ever made - this was about 100x easier than that. I just cut off the legs of my mom's old 80's Esprit pants. Then I rolled up the cuffs and stitched the simplest stitch to keep them in place.
How to make your own
Materials
1. Pair of old high-waisted pants. Jeans or pant material all work. You can grab these from your mom's unwanted storage, or thrift them at the Salvation Army for about $2-$5. Seriously.
2. Scissors
3. Pencil, pen or piece of coloured chalk
4. (Optional) needle and thread
Instructions
1. Wear pants. With your pencil, pen, or chalk, make a mark where you want to cut the legs off. I made this mark about 2 inches longer than I wanted the final short length so I could fold the cuff over twice.
2. Take off pants. (Put something else on... or not.) Fold pants so the two legs are on top of each other and you can clearly see the mark you just made.
3. Cut off the legs.
4. Put on your new shorts. Fold the cuffs to your desired length - you should fold it at least twice.
5. From the inside, sew a running stitch (that's the basic stitch, people) to secure your new cuff. If you don't want to sew, that's fine, because jean material will naturally fray into a rough-and-tumble look.
6. Look hot.
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