This was a pair of dress pants that my mother-in-law asked me to turn into a skirt. She requested the seam to come straight down from the top instead of curving over like I do when I make a regular jean skirt (see here). Making this seam was much easier than I expected. The dress material was thinner than denim, so I was able to fold and pin it straight down, still adding a triangle of fabric on the bottom. Normally, I sew two seam lines next to each other, which prevents the seam from fraying and coming apart, but because I was trying to keep this skirt dressy, I sewed only one line. Then after cutting the excess material off on the underside, I zig zag stitched the raw edges. Lastly, I used a blind hem stitch on the bottom. This was the first time I've done a blind hem, and I think I should have made my stitch width a little smaller, but it looks okay. The skirt shown below is another one I just did for her.
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