Stage One - Check

[femkes_follies]

In order to demonstrate (or fail at, we shall see) my Odd Theory of the German Housebook Dress, I first need my dress form functional. Hence, today.

I painted my Christmas tree stand with Brass finish paint. And painted a PVC pole ocean blue.

Now I'm hot and sweaty. The post assembly is together, and sawed off at the appropriate height.

Tomorrow - mount the duct tape dummy on the pole and sculpt a neck for it.

Later (I get home around 9pm tomorrow), pad the dummy. It's about the right size - but not quite. It was done a while ago, and things have.... shifted. But I think it will work as well to pad this one as it will be "squishier" in the squishy places.

In order to do that, I intend to wrap it (at least partially) in muslin, then baste cut outs of cotton batting where it needs to go. I might even get some soft bra cups to pad the bust.

THEN the cover. I have some very nice stretch velvet, with some contrasting ribbon to mark the important lines for draping.

It's a plan to make a duct tape dummy look nice enough to leave in my front room. I might even baste a tulle skirt around her base. ;-)