- You will need an old pair of jeans that you don't mind cutting up. You will also need a few sewing tools, a seam ripper, a sewing machine with a heavy duty needle and thread that matches your jeans. You will also need a pair of scissors; sewing scissors are best so that they can easily cut through the thick fabric, creating a nice straight edge. You will also need a measuring tape if you don't feel comfortable eyeballing the length of your skirt.
- Cut the jeans to the length you want your skirt to be. Measure out the length on your body and then on your jeans before making the cut if you don't want to guess at the length. Remove the inseams from your jeans after they are your desired length. You should now have jeans cut short that are open on the inside of the length. Take the extra denim from the length of the pant legs that you cut off and cut patches that will fill the gap between the pant legs in the front and the back of your skirt.
- Pin in place the patches that you cut to fill the gap between the pant legs. The patches should be placed underneath the pant legs rather than on top, so that the more finished look of the creases left from the seams you ripped appear on the outside of the skirt, rather than the raw edges of your patches. This means that you will have what appears to be an upside down V in the middle of the front and back of your skirt. Sew the patches in place and trim the bottom of your patches if you need to line them up with the rest of the bottom of your skirt. Sew around the bottom edge of your skirt to keep it from fraying too much when you wash it.
