Bridesmaid Dress Recon!

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  Step 1

  What the dress looked like before back and front ^_^

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  Step 2

  Under this dress was like 2 slips and 2 rows of this hard plasticy fishnet!

  I think the circus was still living in it!

  anyways! I used a seam ripper to take it out nicely to save it for maybe another project one day or if you dont want it just cut it out and trash it

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  Step 3

  Thats the plasticy fishnet bleh!

• Step 4

  That brown sash on the waist was taken off and then I turned the dress inside out and sewed up the holes on the sides that occured.

  sorry no pics of that :(

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  Step 5

  I then hung it up on a hanger and cut it off at the knees.

  Folded the bottom the same length all the way around the bottom edge with about a 2 and a half inch allowance because I wasnt sure how it would turn out but it was great!

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  Step 6

  As you find that great length pin your hem of your dress.

  Then turn it inside out and sew! ^_^

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  Step 7

  then there you have it!

  I didnt have a iron so sorry about the wrinkles but I hope you all still like it. Im super proud of myself the first time I sewed clothes and it looked good!

  Super cute good for a nice dinner, Night in a club, Church, it all depends on how you rock it. Enjoy and thanks!

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Nicole O. · Nokomis, Florida, US · 2 projects 20th December 2010

That dress was pretty "mattress" like, lol. The last wedding I was in, the bride let all of us pick out our own style, it just had to be the same color and knee-length. I LOVE it when brides do that!
But great recon on this dress! It looks 100x better now!

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Mildred C. · Albany, New York, US · 5 projects 30th September 2010

What did you do with the rest of the fabric?

And it was a great re-make!

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Tainted Towey · Magnolia, Texas, US · 4 projects 19th August 2010

Why do brides do this to their loved ones?! I don't get it!
You did an amazing job redoing that mattress. ^_^

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CO + K User

July 30th, 2010

Oh, that was a horrible dress! I think brides to that on purpose. lol

You did a great job fixing it though.

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Owl Tattoo 22nd July 2010

That "plasticy fishnet" is called tulle, honey. I have a dress like this that I want to recon, as well, but it's nowhere near so "matressy," as you so adequately put it. Maybe I should decon it, instead. That would be cool. I'll link you if I do it.

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