cargo pockets

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Does anyone know how to make cargo pockets?

I was thinking of making a knee-length skirt out of a pair of pants. (By the way, a friend of mine says her Grandmother calls that a "gaudit" skirt, when it's converted from pants).

So I was thinking, maybe I can cut off the two cuffs at the bottom of the pants, turn them over, and use the bottoms for the tops of each cargo pocket, you know? Then sew up the bottoms and sew them on each side of the skirt. Then somehow construct a flap for the top of each pocket.

I'm going to try this and report my results!