Skirt to Pants: Stripe-y edition

I found this long skirt in the my mom's old-clothes-she-doesn't-wear-anymore stash.

I know maxi skirts are in the zone lately but the thick fabric of this skirt doesn't fit the bill. So I decided to refashion it to a comfy short pants.

Let's do this:

1. First, I took my favorite short pants, superimposed it to the skirt and traced around.




As you can see in the picture, I traced with the pants folded in half. Thus the hole in the center. I believe this is for the crotch. I think this makes it more fitted.
2. After chopping (make sure to cut an inch from the mark for allowance) and sewing, here is the result:




Nice right? Just one teensy problem: when shone with bright light, the undies are showing. *yikes

3. So, to resolve this. I cut up an already roomy (because the garters are stretched to their limit) short with light fabric and sew it as lining to my short pants.











4. And while I was at it, I saw these scraps of fabric and I thought: BOW!





Sadly, due to my excitement of the bow, I did not took pictures of how to do it and attach it to the pants. Forgive me. *sob


But here is the final product:

There's the bow!

Tucked out