Jean Skirt
Update your wardrobe! Make an old pair of jeans or shorts into a cool skirt decorated with gemstones.

You need:

• Jeans
• Pattern for Star
• Fabric Glue or sewing machine
• Gem Glue
• Scissors
• 7mm Rhinestones
• Pen or Marker
• Toothpick

Instructions:

Cut jeans off at the knee. Do not discard the scraps. Using a small, sharp scissors, open up the inner leg seam of a pair of jeans. Open up the bottom, front seam to about an 1" below the zipper. Open up the bottom back seam to about 8" below the waist.

Lay the skirt down to make sure both the front and the back will lay flat. If not, open the seams up further. The back will have extra fabric. Trim extra away, allowing a half inch of fabric to overlap. Use fabric glue, following package directions, to close up seams. Of course, you can also use your sewing machine and top stitch overlap in place.

The front will need extra fabric. Use a piece of leg that has been cut off and cut a triangle to fill the space adding a half inch overlap. Glue or sew into place.

Try on skirt to and trim to the right length adding a half inch. Iron hem. Glue or sew hem in place.

Print pattern for star. Place pattern in the desired spot. Use a pen or marker to push through each circle on the pattern and leave a dot in the middle of each circle on the denim. (Test markers first to make sure they will not bleed too much). Use a toothpick to dab a small dot of gem glue onto each spot. Press a 7mm gemstone into each spot. Let dry.

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