Upcycle your active wear (part 1). Refashion old track pants. Easy DIY.

If you’re anything like me, the most worn items in your wardrobe during Autumn and Spring is leisure wear or active wear – comfy t-shirts, sweaters and track pants. When I’m not at work, I live in them.
In this series of upcycling videos, I’ll show you how I refashion leisure wear that I pick up thrifting or how I elevate existing items in my wardrobe to give them a second life.
I picked up these trackpants at my local thrift store for $3. They were too big and not a style that I would really wear.
The first step in the upcycling of these trackpants was to take in the inside leg seam to remove the flare at the bottom and make the more straight legged. This made a big difference.
With my leisure wear, I like to be able to go from relaxing at home to popping down to the shops without having to change.
Next, I make them shorter. Using a pair of track pants that I liked the length of as a guide. You’ll see I took quite a lot off the bottom of these.
I then pinned and sewed a new hem. Fleecy fabric is easy to work with and, best of all, doesn’t frey so I only had to sew a simple hem.
I then threaded elastic through the new bottom leg seam. This nipped in the leg seam at the bottom, which I liked.
And finally, I found a new tie for the waist and I’m done!
All up this upcycling project took me about 40 minutes and I’ve got a new pair of comfy pants. I couldn’t be happier.
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Thanks for watching. See you next time.
Bex

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Second Life Upcycling is about giving everyday items a second life and inspiring people to recycle, repurpose, refashion, reuse, and rethink. On this channel, you'll find easy, quick, and simple step-by-step thrifting tips, upcycling ideas, and sewing tutorials. I have been thrifting, second-hand shopping, and sewing for 30+ years.

I started thrifting in the 1980s. My passion is following an ethical style when it comes to my clothing choices and living an environmentally friendly life. I rarely buy new clothes (or anything new for that matter) and even my clients and colleagues (I have a corporate job) would never suspect the clothes I wear each day are from thrift shops, Goodwill,
Vinnies, Savlos, and flea markets.