Emily's Wedding Dress

This is just the very beginning.  I carved a bodice out of styrofome to your measurements.  OK, I admit it the boobs were hard to carve out of my cheep Styrofoam so I bought a padded bra in your size and used it as boobs rather than sculpt those things.  The whole foam piece was covered in fleece and hand stitched together.  I also screwed a hook into the neck to I can hang it where ever I would like.    Now I have a dress form for you!  Excellent addition to my dress form collection.  

 This photo shows the very beginning of my work.  It is the organza stabilizer that I will use on the inside of the dress, backside view. The is the part of the dress no one will ever see but it forms the foundation of the structured part of the dress.

Here you can see the front view of the bodice.  Each bra cup is made up of 3 pieces of fabric that will be heavily stitched to form the structure of the breast.  The lining layer is cut on the grain and the bra cup layers are cut on the bias.  This is to insure stretch and to eliminate the need for darts that would cause bulk.  

The waist band arcs along the under bust and ends very low on the back.  Waist band is cut along the grain to insure stability and a a smooth lay.  

The process is officially started at this point.  I will need to pull this off the form and clean it up at this point.  I will copy the pattern pieces onto paper and sew it all up.  I know it is not the fabric you have in mind but I had it laying around and it does provide the same stability as the silk organza we will use in the real dress.