Designing with Paper!
I love working with paper and am really excited to say that I will be joining the Arnold Grummer's design team in January! Making dresses with handmade paper is so much fun. Cut the paper, get it damp and it is easy to work with, almost like delicate fabric. If you have a dress form to work with it makes it easier to form the wet paper when creating the dress. Before the paper is wet run a thread about every 1/2 inch through the top of the skirt to help hold the gathers in place. After the paper is wet gently (VERY GENTLY) pull the thread to make the gathers. Pictured is the damp paper dress tied with ribbon on the form ready to dry overnight. When making a project like this allow plenty of drying time. NO cheating... the paper must be totally dry before removing it from the dress form. The dried pieces are able to free stand. To make the dress I free cut the a skirt, three parts for the bodice and the s...