Over this past winter, I attended a lecture on hiking in winter. The lecturer stated she always hikes in a skirt. Even in the winter. She just wears a base layer or two under the skirt. I was intrigued with the idea of wearing a skirt but didn’t want to spend the money on something I might not like. I had a pair of hiking paints that I was planning on shortening, so I refashioned it into a skirt instead.
The pant has some holes near the hem, so refashioning them was a given. First was removing all the inseam stitches, which took while.
Once the seam was removed, I laid the pants flat, aligning the outer seams. Using my rotary cutter, I cut off the legs. Then straightened the remaining leg, cutting off the crotch arch. Using the cut off leg sections, I filled in the area between the legs. First marking the cutoff leg to fit the area, then adding a seam allowance.
I hemmed the new skirt using a multi-step zigzag. And wa-la, I have a skirt. I have worn it a few times while hiking. I love it. It makes peeing in the woods much easier.
The only issue is modesty. I have since made a pair of shorts/underwear to wear under my skirt. I will show you those in a future post.
What do you think? Would you hike in a skirt?
C
Those are brilliant! I should totally make some. And you know, when hiking first became fashionable in the late 19th/early 20th century, women hiked in long skirts! Have some fab pics of my great-great aunts hiking in the mountains wearing a proper lady’s sports iutfit: Long skirt or dress, with a fitted jacket. Very flattering.
Thanks. I don’t think I could hike in a long skirt. I would get to hot.
I worry about thigh rub and skirt hiking. With wearing shorts under it I feel like I would be defeating the purpose.
I made a pair of underwear/shorts to help with this. I will be blogging about that once I perfect them