What's On Your Workdesk this 521st Wednesday? Dresses, as promised.

Once again it's time to honor Julia at Stamping Ground, our wonderful host and Queen desker by showing what is on our desks, tables, or floor.

On my work table are an altered book I'm getting ready to work in, as well as the latest rocking horse I was gifted with at Christmas.  Also on my table are necessary items that live there all the time.   I'll show them in detail another day. 

But today is all about the dresses that live on my wall.  This was a year long project created by a lady who no longer has a blog.  She sent each player a PDF pattern and we were supposed to make the dresses out of paper and only decorated on one side.

I didn't learn about the project until late in January, 2010, so I started with the February dress.  I wasn't necessarily satisfied with what I was making, so for January, which was the only month I showed my dress late, I changed the pattern and decided all my dresses would look equally good on both sides.  Often made using fabric, and occasionally both paper and fabric, I made two dresses a few of the months.  I made and formed all the hangers from heavy metal baling wire, too.  Sometimes that was harder than the actual dress I created.

This was taken on my floor with my old worthless camera.  I made two dresses for February, two for March, and two for April.  From May through December, I made only one dress each month.  Want to see how I made them?  You can see each of my contribution by month: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.   You can also click on the label "Project Dress Up" on my right sidebar and they will all appear starting with December's dress.

We were also required to provide a cabinet to hold our dresses.  Most players made theirs out of paper, but I made this one out of wood.  When I decided to bring the cabinet upstairs, I got the idea of hanging the dresses on the wall instead of in the cabinet, which I now use for much needed storage.

Here is the rocking horse you really came to see this week.

It definitely is a high kicker!  Note Wendy is watching in the background.

It seems I have tons of dresses in my craft room.  The large dress was made from a technique using joint compound.  It is very sturdy and stiff.  I added all the embellishments after the dress was dry.  I made the postcard of dresses hanging on a clothes line using different papers I colored and painted.
 
This is on my to-alter list.  I plan to turn this dress into something Asian inspired.

I bought this dress and its matching paper hanger at the Dollar store.  I am still waiting for inspiration to hit.  It hangs on my cabinet that has a drawer that will not close all the way.  Several years ago, I removed all the drawers from this cabinet because none of them would close all the way.  At least now three of them will.

Sorry this is such a long post.  I know Julia wants it short and sweet, but that wasn't going to happen if I explained about the dresses.  Thanks, too, for joining me today and, if you are coming from Julia's, please leave your number.