
Ever since getting pregnant I have dreaded shopping in the maternity section and especially shopping for maternity jeans. Even though we have come a long way in maternity wear, I still feel like it leaves a lot to be desired in the style area, not to mention the price of everything. A friend of mine suggested we make our own maternity jeans and I am SO glad that I did. Here are some pictures of the process, although I am not going to go step by step as I used someone elses
tutorial which is already very thorough and easy to follow. Find the tutorial by Sew Chic
here.
Materials:

1 pair of awesome dark skinny jeans from forever 21 for $12
Jean needles for my sewing machine
black jersey knit
enough wide elastic to go around your lower stomach
Here I am not being able to button my jeans:

I used a chalk pencil to mark the highest point I could zip my jeans to:

and then free handed a curved line around the hips and back of the jeans:


Cut leaving a 5/8" seam allowance:

Sew your band according to
directions and encasing your elastic at the bottom:

Pin right sides together and sew to jeans:

Wear them proudly and with style:


Total cost of maternity skinny jeans - $20 and about 2 hours of my time. I call that a steal.
p.s. I made these about 2 months ago and they still fit wonderfully and have held up great. I think I am going to try the same tutorial on a black pencil skirt.
wow. so impressed. they look great!
ReplyDeleteamazing! can't wait to get pregnant again so I can try this out! :o)
ReplyDeleteCongratluations! I haven't been on the blog for a while. That is so exciting. And great tutorial.
ReplyDeleteI made a pair of maternity pants too (3 pregnancies ago) and they are still some of my favorites. Yours look great. Congrats on your baby!
ReplyDeleteLove this...I have been thinking about how I was planning on managing the whole maternity clothes thing. Thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeletesuch a great idea! I'll have to try this if I have another baby one day.
ReplyDeleteplease don't hold back on the maternity conversions - it's so useful to hear good solutions that have been tried and tested!
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Thanks,
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I feel happy when I am wearing clothes which are looking good on me and covered me properly...
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