Making Tights Into Stockings

I doubt it. The minute you cut panty hose I think the knit will start running like mad. I'm pretty sure my serger would not come close to making a decent seam (comfortable and stretchy enough) joining hosiery and lingerie lace, and it's highly unlikely you can stop the knit from running. JMHO, maybe someone else has actually tried it.

There are several styles of pretty hosiery and tights available:

I went real granny, and rolled the cut-off legs over garters made from two pieces of 1/4" elastic and two tiny safety pins, flapper style. Works beautifully, and I wore them to church today. (Under a somewhat longer skirt than the flappers wore.)

I didn't finish the cut-off tops in any way -- but these were wool tights. I got well past fed up with them being the same circumference from ankle to waist, and cut slits in the thighs, which made them even more unbearable, so I whacked them off just below the slits.

The garters were made to fit just below the knee, where there is a sort of notch to hold them in place.

Joy Beeson

My mother, born in 1913, too young to be a flapper, wore her nylons rolled just below the knee all her adult life. She did not use any elastic, she pulled them on, then had a way of twisting the excess around until it formed a roll which stayed put. Her skirt lengths were always a bit below the knee, but when she sat one could see the roll. I always thought it was very odd.