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Antique Roses Dress Form

It's easy to add vintage charm to a dressing room or bedroom. Add pretty pink roses to a dress form for an instant decorating accent with Victorian flair!

Design by Lorine Mason

I have always sewn and have long imagined a sewing room large enough to accommodate a wonderful collection of antique dress forms. This project might solve my space problem.
-Lorine Mason

Materials

Papier-mache dress form

14-inch (1/4-inch) dowel

Small wooden finial to fit on end of dowel

3 x 5-inch oval wooden plaque

Suede spray paint

Metallic gold acrylic paint

Spray of small (3/4- to 1-inch) silk flowers with leaves to coordinate with decals

Paintbrush

Floral rub-on decals

Varnish

Craft drill with 1/4-inch bit

Painters tape or low-tack masking tape

Instructions

1.	Mark center of wood plaque; drill hole at that point. Add a drop of glue and insert one end of dowel.
2.	Drill or poke hole in center bottom and top of dress form. Thread dowel up through hole in bottom and out hole in top. Apply some glue to hole in finial; cap end of dowel. Apply more glue to bottom of finial; push dress form up into glue and secure until glue is dry.
3.	Referring to photo throughout, pencil a curved line down length of dress form on front and back. Using tape, mask off left side of dress form, placing tape along curved line. Following manufacturer's instructions, spray right side of dress form, dowel and top surface of plaque with suede-finish paint. Let dry, then apply a second coat. Let dry; remove tape.
4.	Paint left side of form, finial and remainder of plaque with gold paint. Let dry.
5.	Cut apart decals to create clusters of flowers. Following manufacturer's instructions, rub decals randomly onto left (gold) side of dress form and onto the top of plaque.
6.	Paint decals with varnish; let dry.
7.	Separate leaves and flowers from spray. Glue along curved line on dress form. *Note:* If flowers seem too large, carefully trim away petals from back of flower.

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