Day 254: Happy Birthday to Me: A Dyed Silk Jumpsuit-to-Dress Refashion
Happy Birthday to meeeeeee! 🙂 Today, I hit the big 3-0! I needed something fun to wear for what I hoped would end up being a delightful evening. Unfortunately, all I had was this sad jumpsuit! :/
The previous owner had obviously pulled a Jillian and damaged one of the legs!
Yikes! This was going to need a lot of work!
First, I needed to take care of that completely blah lack of color! I tossed the jumpsuit into a nice, hot dye bath.
After the bath, I unpicked the crotch. This jumpsuit was about to become a cute & sassy dress. 🙂
I put the jumpsuit on my dress form, and pinned down my new seams for what would be my new dress.
I stitched my new seams down and then took in the sides, completely removing the side pockets (they ruined the lines of the dress).
I was so close to being done! 🙂 I wanted my new dress to be a cute cocktail numba, so I hacked off a good bit of the length.
Then I gave it a new hem. 🙂
I tried my dress on, and realized that I hated that netting at the top. Off it went!
I have to admit, I’m really quite proud of how I managed to save this one! 🙂
Sadly, I completely forgot to take any after pics while I was out and about! 🙁 Don’t fret! I had a marvelous evening! 🙂
Oh! Some of you might be interested to see the label on this freebie…
Cheers! 🙂
24 Comments
Kristin
I LOVE your necklace!
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Cindy
Nailed it! Gorgeous re-do!
Ella
Happy belated birthday! To 30 flirty and fabulous!
Chica Andaluza
I´m sorry I missed your birthday so belated greetings to you – you did a fantastic job on this and looked amazing. I hope the year ahead is full of love and laughter for you 🙂
Kirstieh
What a massive improvement, it’s sooo gorgeous now. Happy 30th birthday too!!!
Bold Wandering
Can’t believe that crazy jumpsuit was Phillip Lim. Your refashion of it is stunning!
Bouqui
This is a really incredible transformation! It looks awesome. Did in need anything extra to stay up without the netting?
Hope you had a great birthday. You certainly looked stunning.
Claudia
Happy belated birthday, Jillian, you look marvellous in that dress. Fabulous work! You go girl!
undressed2012
That is just gorgeous! A very happy birthday to you
Ali
A very happy belated birthday to you Jillian! You looked SMASHING for your evening out – good for you!
debbielynne
Simply gorgeous! Hope you had an amazing birthday. Thanks for your daily inspiration!
Lisa
Wow, what a transformation!
Bonnie
Gorgeous! I think one of my favorite refashions I’ve ever seen! So so classy looking! I hoped it made you feel like a million bucks 🙂 Happy Birthday dear!
Bonnie
learningnewtricks
Happy big 30!!! Wow, this refashion is one of my favorites!!! It looks amazing — not to mention the new color!
joreenchan
Beautiful! Happy birthday to you! Hope you will have a fabulous year ahead. 🙂
reneespear401
Happy Birthday! and I hope everything is going ok for you right now.
Renee 🙂
tilacata
Happy Birthday!!! I just hit the lil 3-0 a few days ago…..I’m hoping yours was even more awesome than mine!
Eliane
Happy Birthday! I loved how this came out. I’m wondering, was it all cotton? If not, I thought you couldn’t use Rit dye on synthetics? I want to try dye-ing some clothes so I’m really wondering………..I love checking your blog, by the way. 🙂
ReFashionista
This was actually 100% silk, which dyes really well. 🙂 You CAN use dye on synthetics, but they won’t take much color at all. Thanks!!! 🙂
chicenvelopements
Happy Birthday!!!!!
Amy
Great work, Jillian! Happy Birthday!
Terri Komer
Gorgeous! It came out way better than I could imagine and the color is awesome.
Dawne Badrock
I concur! I’ve perused through a number of your projects and this dress looks sensational.