Re-Vamp Your Sweatpants
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Sunny days and warmer temperatures are coming, and that means a little dose of spring cleaning could be necessary too. While you switch over your clothes from winter sweaters and long-johns to shorts and summer dresses, make sure not to pack up your beloved sweat pants quite yet. Here is a great DIY project to help you re-up those ugly, baggy pants for a sleeker, but still ever-so comfy version; Convert those ugly things into yoga pants!
This article is smattered with helpful pictures and witty commentary on the woes and joys of sweatpants. Grab your sewing kit, grab your old and worn sweats, and grab this article. By replacing the elastic ankles, draw-string waste, and baggy pockets, you will be on your way. Simply replace with a Lycra waste band, and clean up the cut edges where you have trimmed off the extra baggage.
Have fun with your spring cleaning this year and look around for other ways to convert your worn and old winter clothes into something useful for the summer. This article is a great way to start and with this simple and straight-forward sewing project, you will be lounging in style.