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Day 56: Yacht Party Jumpsuit to Dress Refashion

Day 57: A Shirt to Bolero Refashion: Aloha Edition
Day 55: Shirt is Skirt II

When I found this 80’s-tastic white jumpsuit, I jumped back in shock!

refashionista jumpsuit to dress refashion before
Ms. Stay Puft

At least I don’t look as bad as this guy from a 70’s jumpsuit ad.

Day 56: Yacht Party Jumpsuit to Dress Refashion 3
“The Ultimate Fashion Climax”??????

Ultimate Fashion Climax or no, It was time to refashion this jumpsuit into modern times.

Those polyester legs have got to go! 

I began unpicking the seams around the crotch.

unpicking crotch of jumpsuit
Picky Picky!

Then, I chopped off the legs and put the jumpsuit on my dress form.

pinning jumpsuit on dress form
Make a new seam!

Having a dress form makes this really easy.  I just pinned a straight line from the zipper to the bottom of what will end up being the skirt of my new dress. 

I did this for the back as well and sewed it all down.  Then, I chopped off the excess material.

So, now the jumpsuit was turning into a dress, but it was still a too-big-for-me dress. 

I took my new dress in from the back.

taking dress in from the back
Pinned and Prepped!

I pinned it, then I ran it through my machine. 

taking in back of dress
Just a little back seam. Nothing to see here!

After the back was taken in, I still needed to even out the bottom of the dress. 

I grabbed my pinking shears and snipped away!

cutting off bottom of dress for new hem
Trim it!

I’m almost done!  The very last thing I had to do was hem that bottom edge.  First I pinned, then I sewed.

pinning new hem
Pinning a hem!

I think my new dress is yacht-worthy, don’t you?

'80s Jumpsuit to Dress Refashion After
That’s funny…I don’t see a yacht anywhere…:/

As no yachts showed up at my door (possibly because I’m landlocked), I gave up waiting and hopped off to a fun night of Karaoke.  🙂

'80s Jumpsuit to Dress Refashion After Sitting
I’m not on a boat. I’m just flipping copies. 🙁

All went well until I ran into this guy.

'80s Jumpsuit to Dress Refashion After at Bar
Just chillin with King Kong. 🙂

Cheers!

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10 thoughts on “Day 56: Yacht Party Jumpsuit to Dress Refashion”

  1. I have to believe that ad only appeared in gross men’s magazines published by Hugh Hefner and the like. My faith in humanity demands it!

    Awesome refash!

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  2. How does jumpsuit guy pee? Does he have to undo that zipper all the way down? It doesn’t go down far enough to conveniently pee and he is at risk of cutting him self with the zipper!

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