(Regency Project) by Dana of Miniature Art - Spring 2002
| The Comtesse Julienne....
A lady of mystery who purports to be from France, Juliana is enchanting. She claims to be a widow whose
family claimed refuge in England after the French Revolution, and has gentile
manners of the highborn, but the gentlemen who soon buzz about her find
her to be a trifle exciting, and do
With the atmosphere of hostile
suspicion against the French, in particular Bonaparte supporters, and the
contradictory sympathies in many memories for
Dressed to the 'nines' in an evening ensemble complete with the turban which cries 'exotic!' in what is purported to be the latest from Paris, she respresents the coming fashion. Janet Washer (author)
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Directions
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| Step #1. Take a styrofoam cone, stick torso into it, and measure 5 1/2" from top of head to feet. Take Fimo and sculpt/bake cone (for dress form STAND). | Step #2. After gluing fimo stand into cone, again press
in torso to adjust height if necessary. Set aside to dry. This
is our pinning dress form for the outside dress and decorations.
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Step #3. Create the shoe drying stand out of fimo and
toothpicks. Paint shoes desired color, and let dry. I painted
with a VERY light wash of blue and then used iridescent fingernail polish
to give more of a 'leather' sheen.
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| Step #4. Assemble doll. Make a small tube out of batiste, and glue lace around bottom to just peak under dress. Gather waist and tie shut for underskirt (hides doll assembly) | Step #5. Pleat your dress material LIGHTLY in 1" pleater. The idea is just to give a little movement to the material, NOT press in pleats! | Step #6. Cut out piece of material that measures 3 3/4"
x 7" when hemmed. Now gather top, and slide over your pinning cone.
Pleat contrasting silk ribbon and glue around the bottom. Pin to
styrofoam as needed to achieve form.
Spray with light coat of hair spray. |
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| Step #7 - Glue on front trim of ruffled silk ribbon. | Step #8 - Glue on decorate braid over silk ribbon. Slide off form and onto doll. | Step #9 - Gather waist very tightly, add a bit of glue underneath on torso to help secure and let dry. |
BODICE
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| Step #10 - Cut a bodice piece out of your dress material, approx size 3" x 1/2", turn under bottom edge and glue. | Step #11 - Put a line of glue around torso and wrap bodice around, meeting ends in back and glue. Tie a black waist band around torso. | Step #12 - Take a 3" x 1 1/2" piece of lace, and glue to torso, bending over top edge to form collar. Cut off excess lace along bodice line. |
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| Detail of back of lace (simply cut of excess lace where blue bodice starts, and glue down to bodice. Cover raw edge with trim. | Step #14 - Glue on decoration as desired with trims, pleated silk, pearls etc. These photos are only meant as a GUIDE - have fun! | Step #15 - Sleeves...make small tube of batiste, approx. 2" x 1 1/2", slide up arm. Wrap with pink ribbon and apply lace as shown. |
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| Step #16 - Glue on pearls, decoration, as desired. *NOTE I made the sleeves FIRST then inserted into the doll body. | Step #17 - Pin a little movement into skirt, and spray with hair spray. Also pose the hands. | Step #18 - Back view of dress. |
HAIR & TURBAN
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| Step # 19 - Pleat a section of black viscose in 1/2" pleater. Wrap around head and glue down. | Step #20 - Make tube out of lace (with batiste lining). Glue around head as desired. Gather top. | Step #21 - Squish down as desired and glue in place. When dry add accessories as desired...flowers, pearls, beads etc. |
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