Truly recycled dress. Made of pants.

Truly recycled dress. Made of pants.

• 4.19.2010

Yes, this dress is made of pants.

I got a pair of ridonculous super-flared pants at Goodwill Outlet because I liked the fabric, and it reminded me of this dress I saw on Lauren Conrad:

Here's the before on the pants:

HA!

They were clearly home-made, and pretty darn 70's.  I tore the seams out, sewed them back together, and cut out McCall's 5849 (discontinued).

Anyway, here's what it turned out like!

Jason was quite amused when I told him the dress was once clown pants.  I'll have to show him the before pics.

I thought about adding some belt and strap detail like Lauren Conrad's has, but didn't have enough fabric (not surprisingly) to do little pleats and things.  Next time, maybe.  I did add bright yellow topstitching on the front two seams!

Stay tuned tomorrow for a tutorial based on this dress, showing you my new and wonderful (if I do say so myself) technique for invisible zipper insertion!  I just figured out a new step and I'm all over it.  That'll be tomorrow, and you'll recognize the dress in the pics!