I made these purple jersey trousers ages ago with plenty of room in the
bum but Grace shot up and they were suddenly and inch too short. I've
been thinking of how best to lengthen them. I've got lots of the jersey
left but fudging and extra piece on the bottom was never going to look pretty. Then I had a sudden flash
of inspiration and remembered the lovely purple material I bought on holiday.
I hate hemming jersey, it always ends up
bulky and doesn't hang well, so when I originally made these I just
stitched a ruffle round the bottom and didn't bother to hem them. The
ruffle was falling off so it wasn't much trouble to remove and add the
cute turn ups. I love the way makes them into bell bottoms! It was a
nice quick fix that hopefully has given them a few months extra wear.
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