October dress for Project Dress-up 2010, plus my cabinet

If you were here last month, you read that I had misplaced the orange skirt pieces I had cut for September's autumn theme. Luckily, not long after I made the dress (isn't that always the case?), I found the two pieces, already cut and ready to turn into my October Halloween dress.

The front and the back don't look much different. About the only way I could tell was that the front neckline was lower than the back, although the shapes were basically the same. Even the pumpkins, cut from rusted paper, look similar. The top is made of fabric, the bottom is made using paper and ribbon that I sewed to the paper skirt.

I have been putting this cabinet off for months. I finally decorated it yesterday. I kept it very simple, thinking I might add something to it after I had let it sit for awhile. The entire cabinet is the same color, although some of it looks different due to the lighting in the basement where I decorated it.

This shows I could easily add decorations to the sides

and the shelves.

I decided to see how well the dresses were going to fit once I installed the dowel. Originally, I had two ends cut that would hold the dowel in place, but which would allow the dowel to be removed quickly. I even had started decorating them when I cut the dowel and saw how nicely it fit without the aid of the two brackets.

Here I have taken a photo of the dress with a flash. Maybe you can actually see the sleeve detail in this. I have to admit, in this photo, the pumpkins appear to glow.

Next, I added all the dresses to see if they would fit. The only two I had trouble with were June's bridal dress, which was too long,

and February's kimono, which I hung on the corner of the cabinet. To see each of these dresses in all their glory, please see my right sidebar for each month's entry. Also, you can click on the Project 2010 Dress-up picture and it will take you to Margaret's blog Alice and Camilla, where links to other talented designers' dresses can be found. Remember, artists add these links throughout the month, so don't forget to check back often.

And now there are TWO left! Thank you again, Margaret for this project.