Good Morning, Today is Friday July 13 and it is a special day for Harley Davidson population! I believe it is going to be packed over at Port Dover today. Today, I am going to show you how to make a dress out of a piece of paper. This creation can be used either as a card or on a layout.
I purchased a Simple Stories - Summer Fresh 6 by 6 pack. This collection is so Bright and Cheerful.. For this project, you only need one patterned paper and as you see I picked this flowery paper as I wanted it to look like a summer dress.
You don't want to use a really heavy paper because it doesn't fold easily, but you also don't want to use a lightweight paper as it will tear! Some medium is perfect.
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| Simple Stories - Summer Fresh Collection |
Warning: You are going to make a lot of foldings. The only tool you (may) need is a bone to press the folds. I cut the paper into 4.5 by 4.5 inches.
1. Fold your paper in half. Crease the line well.
2. Then unfold your paper, and fold the edge to the center crease. Repeat with the
opposite side.
3. Unfold your paper again and fold half of your halves, in half again. Its a bit complicated to explain, but hopefully you can see what I mean in the photo. Repeat. The end result is that you want it to look like this :
Be sure to crease these folds well. This is the basis of your dress form and the
sharper the lines are, the better.
4. Now turn your paper over and fold it at about the 1/3 line. This fold is very
customisable, as it creates the separation between the skirt and the bodice of
the dress. Depending on the style of dress you want to create, you may want to
change the length of this fold.
Fold it once over itself so that your paper now looks like this.
5. To create the full dress, you want to gently pull one section of the skirt so
that you are opening up the part from the bottom up. The waistline will no
longer be straight across, but a slight "v" once both sides of the skirt are
pulled open. Crease these lines sharply
6. We're now creating the neckline. Bring the corners of the topmost layer of the
paper and fold inwards.
7. This is probably the trickiest part of the dress... Unfold your neckline, turn
the dress over and pull the corners inside, pulling down the excess paper as you
go so that there is a full "v"
8. Again on the backside of the bodice, fold the sides of the bodice in, you may
have to crease the skirt a bit to help everything line up as well. Then take the
corners of your turned in sides and fold them out again, creating the sleeves.
Hope you were able to understand my instructions and give yourself a try.
Happy Scrappy!
Sharlene
