In the beginning...

Our wedding dress project began last fall with Stephanie and Thomas' engagement. We didn't plan to make the dress at first, but after shopping around and looking at countless styles, Stephanie decided that she wanted me to make the dress.

When she came home for Christmas, we began the project in earnest. First step: making a dress form of Stephanie to keep with us once she returned to California.

We got the idea for making a dress form from Jenny who emailed us the link on how-to. An old t-shirt and paper tape from Staples, a couple pairs of scissors, a sponge and some water and we were on our way! We followed the instructions from a post on Jejune.net on making a paper tape dress form.

Here is a picture of the dress form. 

Step one in the project was complete. And now we can take Stephanie with us anywhere!