Saturday, February 6, 2010

Beatrice is Born

Because I'm a little sensitive about birthing pictures, and because there quickly comes a point when you're wrapped snugly in tape that your instincts start screaming for freedom, we don't have any "during" pictures.

"Before" pictures, which I also won't bother with, would include a broken lamp, three bags of fabric scraps that came in my old-lady-quilter's sewing stash (from an estate auction a few years ago), two rolls of wide masking tape, an old T shirt, and a small plastic plate (for stability within the form).
And here she is. Beatrice.

My darling husband helped out immensely. Thanks, Honey! Couldn't have taped up myself straight without you!

2 comments:

Megan said...

What?! How did you make this? I had no idea you could make your own dress form. Oh, this is going to be a fun Valentine's weekend project for my husband.

Melody said...

I KNEW I should have posted a few links! :) There are tutorials for this everywhere. I think I only mentally bookmarked the ones I found.
This looks like a good one:
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3659/clone-yourself-a-fitting-assistant
And Samster Mommy's adventures:
http://samstermommy.blogspot.com/2009/08/duct-tape-dress-form-tutorial.html

I want to do one in papier mache at some point, but this was a good starter. And it was a mildly clostrophobic experience, so I'm not likely to do another until I forget what the first one felt like. Kinda like having babies, in that way. hehe