Things You'll Need:
- Old bridesmaid dress
- Scissors
- Needle and thread or sewing machine
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Step 1
Use it for a Halloween Costume. If you don’t have any sewing skills, save it for use in your next Halloween costume. See Resources for an eHow tutorial on how to make a beauty queen costume.
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Step 2
Remove gaudy elements from the dress. If the dress has big bows or bustles or ruffles, remove those elements from the dress, leaving behind a simple dress. Most of these elements are additions and can be removed without damaging the dress.
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Step 3
Shorten the dress. If it is a dress that you really like, but don’t have need for a full length dress, you can shorten it into a tea-length dress to wear on dates, and to weddings. This is done by cutting off excess fabric and hemming the dress.
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Step 4
Remove the skirt from the dress. Even if the style of dress is not something you will wear again, it may have a skirt that you would be glad to wear again and again. Cut the skirt of the waist away from the bodice, and remove the zipper. Replace the zipper with a skirt zipper and add a waistband. Then you can wear it with any top you own.
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Step 5
Use it for scrap fabric. You can use fabric from a wedding dress to make beautiful throw pillows, lampshade covers or doll dresses.
Comments
abdc5678 said
on 2/20/2009 y would u want to recyc le the vert beauty of the dress! working and saving green from work at ur agency for many years but u decide to throw it away...
vallain said
on 8/7/2008 Very creative uses. It's so wasteful to keep it in the back of the closet forever.
MIghtyDreamer said
on 6/6/2008 I would think it could help with the romance of the marriage too. Obvious ideas one may neglect to think about. Good article.