Jeans to Shorts

DIY Shorts

This is my first DIY post, so I hope you like it.I have had some jeans for a long time and I just don't wear them because they don't fit how I would like them too. I had the idea of creating shorts, I had no idea if it would work as I'm not very creative person but I gave it a go.

First you will need:

1. Old jeans
2. Pencil
3. Rule
4. Safety pins
5. Sewing scissors (or strong scissors)
6. Pins
7. Sewing machine or needed and thread

To start off you need to decide the look you want to go for, I choose to have folded edge shorts but you could go for a raw edge look.

Then you need to try your jeans on and work out the length you want them. Mark it with a safety pin on the side seam.

Once you have worked out the length you want your shorts get your rule and draw in pencil line about an inch or more below your safety pins on the front and back.

Next cut along the line, don't worry about how neat it is because we will be folding them over. Then you can try them on to check the length.

 Next you need to get your pins and fold up the bottom to your desired length. Start pinning all the way round the top of the fold. Once you have finished pinning you can try them on again to recheck the length. Be careful of the pins.

Once you are happy with the folds you can start sewing. Pick out the thread colour you want and place it in the sewing machine or in the needle if you our hand sewing it. As you our sewing take out the pins as you go along.

Once you have finished sewing, you just need to neaten up the edges by tying the spear thread to stop it from fraying. You can also add other detail to your shorts to make them more personalised. 

These are my completed shorts, I am really happy with how they turned out, if you want me to do anymore DIYs then just comment down bellow.

Thanks for reading

Hannah xx

Bag Collection

My Bag Collection

I have always loved bags as I think they are the most important part of a girls life and you can defiantly never have to many! As I am still only young and don't have much money so I only have a few bags. i hope you enjoy!

This is my latest bag which I got for my birthday from my lovely friend. The bag is from H&M, I have looked online and in my nearest stores and sadly I don't think they are selling them any more. It is black faux leather with gold hard wear with two big zips down both sides, these both open to the same pocket. Inside there is one main pocket then one small zip pocket and two phone size pockets. This is my bag at the moment and I love it, its the perfect size to fit the essentials in but also leaving enough room for any of those small cheeky purchase. 

This next bag is from Primark, I got it in there christmas sale so again I don't think you will be able to find it any more. This bag is a black and white satchel/messenger style, this also has gold hard wear and a ted baker style bow on the front (everyone like a bit of ted baker real or fake). This bag is great as it is a good size with a few small pockets but also it goes with everything weather you are dressing up or its just a quite stop at Sainsburys.

This bag is also a satchel/messenger style, again I bought this quite a few years ago (it is looking quite worn out) from New Look so they don't stock it any more but there are many bags like this around at the moment. This bag is a bit smaller then the other two bags but is till a good size, just like the others it has gold hard wear and inside there is a few smaller pockets. I don't use this bag anymore as it is looking a bit worse for wear but I thought I would still include it as I loved it so much.

This bag is by far my favourite bags being from Accessorizes  as I love the cut out detail on the front. It is about the same size as my H&M bag but is a messenger bag style with the flap at the front, again it has gold hard wear this also comes with a long strap but I lost mine not that I was ever going to use it. love this bags in the spring and summer so I cant wait to start using it ageing as finally the weather is finely wring up in england!

Finally this is my first ever proper handbag which is also from Accessorize. This is quite different to all my other bags as this is mainly made from fabric and it has a tropical print and it has no structure to it. Just like all my other bags it has gold hard wear and a few small pockets inside. I don't use this bag any more as its not the style that I go for but I am keeping it just incase I want to use it again.

Well I never new I liked gold hard wear so much! I'm sorry I couldn't leave a link to any of the bags but they wear all bought a long time a go. I hope you liked the photos as they should be better quality then photos from my other post, I got a camera for my birthday but I'm still getting used to it so bear with me on that on. hope you are having a nice day!

Thankyou for reading,

it was my pleasure to write

Hannah xx