I am pleased to say that I have finished my trash bag dress project.  There are some mistakes and not everything came out perfect but for my first time working with a material like this I think I did damned good.  Here’s some shot’s of my daughter wearing the dress.

So, tell me what you think.

Here’s another update on my Trash Bag Dress Project. I spent hours and hours hand making all the flowers I’m putting around the waistband of the dress. It took a little experimenting with the plastic to achieve the look I wanted for the flowers but they are so adorable I love them.

The Trash Bag Dress is coming along really well, especially considering I’m not using a pattern. I have some alterations left to do to the bodice, some final touches and of course I still have the dress’s accessories to make. Here’s some photos of how the dress is looking as of right now.

It’s been pretty difficult pinning down my daughter for fittings so my progress has been slow to say the least  I had a major meltdown – literally –  one night while fusing my dress pieces together.  I failed to realize that the trash bags being of different weight and thickness would need different temperatures and [...]

I am making a dress out of trash bags.  My dress won’t be your typical loosely draped, tied up and duct taped trash bag dress.  I won’t be using duct tape at all.  My dress will be white with pink and purple layers. I’ll also be using a “scrunching” technique to create tutu-like ruffles and [...]