How to Make a Dress Form

If you read my post yesterday "Designing A Bridal Show" you may have seen a little sneak peak of my dress form.

A few weeks ago I attended The Vintage Marketplace and got inspired when I saw a chicken wire dress form. Then my friend Jennifer made one because she got inspired from the same place!! I had already bought my chicken wire when I saw hers so I knew I had to go through with it!!!

So what better place to make her debut!

I knew I wanted her for one of my special items for the Bridal show I had decided to make a vintage burlap and lace dress form to showcase there.

I started out with a floor candlestick. You could also use a floor lamp,. Anything to give you the height it needs.

 

Don't pay any mind to the mess in the background :)

Because I used a candle holder I found a cylinder to put it the candle spot to form a neck and wrapped in burlap.

 I then cut chicken wire and molded with my hands a torso to put on pole and wired the back and front together.

 I cut up a vintage wedding gown and strips of burlap and vintage lace. The fun of this is to just scatter the pieces. Do not make it look to perfect!

I also put a hoop under the chicken wire to keep the form. You can use an embroidery hoop also. Start attaching strips by threading into the holes of the chicken wire. Some are just hanging others are tied in knots to give it interest.

I then added some vintage piano paper to it because I liked the curl. Any paper will work just play with it.

I added handmade jewelry to the neck and made sure she looked like I wanted.

 

All and all I think it made the perfect prop for the Bridal Show!

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Now I can't wait to make more of these! There are so many fun possibilities!

What do you think? Are you going to make one? Let me know when you do and I will feature you here!

My other dilemma is I want to name her!! Can you help me name her? Just leave your comment!!

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Vintage Marketplace Excursion

I live about 40 minutes from Hendersonville, Tennessee where The Vintage Marketplace is being held. My friend Mary and I decided to get there early so we can see all the great things that are available. The thought of fighting traffic during the morning commute weighed heavily on our mind due to that fact we would have to leave a 5am to avoid this!

So we did what any other normal person would do.....we left the night before and rented a hotel!! LOL

We had a blast and laughed all night, We looked at all of your blogs as an "opener" for the event! You know, something to get us excited before we went. The problem was it didn't take much to get our mind set on creating.

We laughed till we dropped at 4am and awoke at 7am to get ready for the day. The adrenaline kept us going. There was sooooo much eye candy and inspiration.

To the right there were booths of Antiques and to the left was all vintage.

I loved this birdhouse/shelf!

OMG! This red sink was to die for!!!!

Beautiful vintage buttons in every color imaginable!

Handmade fashions! Mary modeling a beautiful jacket made from a lace tablecloth.

Fruit chandelier

Something on my list to make in the future! Love the addition of branches

Everything was sooo cute! We left there with our mind going crazy from all the inspiration. We can't wait to create something wonderful!

I have some exciting news coming up and I can't wait to share it with all of you!

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