How to Crop Jeans

I feel almost guilty about admitting this, but sometimes when I’m at Target getting toothpaste, shampoo, or whathaveyou, I wander into the clothing section.  

While wandering the other day, I saw several pairs of cropped jeans and pants that I loved!  

And I coveted them.  

And I allllllmost bought a pair.  

But then I remembered this pair of jeans that I’ve had for years, but never wear anymore:

There’s nothing wrong with these jeans, I just seem to prefer every other pair I own over them.  

This means they’ll be perfect for cropping to a trendier length!

I used a safety pin to mark where I wanted my DIY cropped jeans to fall on my leg.

Then I made a couple of chops, cutting a straight line along where I pinned.

I used the scrap from the first leg to mark the second leg & keep them even.

I didn’t feel like trying to rock the frayed look, so I folded those raw edges under twice and pinned them into place.

Then, I ran each leg through my sewing machine, using a basic straight stitch.

After a quick press, I was all done with my new DIY cropped jeans!  🙂

And just like that, I now have a cute pair of trendy cropped jeans!  AND I saved myself about 30 bucks!  🙂

But wait a tic…why am I at the airport?  And why is my sewing machine hanging out in the bottom corner of the above pic?

I have some exciting news, friends!  A couple of days ago, I was contacted by Good Afternoon America!!!!  

A lucky audience member will get a personalized refash by moi!  I wonder who I’ll pick?!  🙂

Wish me luck!!!!

Edit from THE FUTURE: Here’s the clip for Refashionista on Good Afternoon America!

Cheers!