Bekah first wrapped my neckline, waist and just under my hips.  Then she and my daughter Katie started getting the 4" strips of gummed tape wet on a sponge and pasting them onto me.  We discovered that when coming around my body it the tape laid most naturally and stuck  best when we followed the diagonal of my corset line.

 Look!  3 hours later and we were almost done.  The 1st layer was finished.  From there Bekah and my daughter went over the more flimsy areas with a second layer of tape.  Then sponged the whole thing with water to dampen it.  Next we used a blow dryer to help it harden enough that we could cut it off of my body.

Bekah drew a vertical line up the back of the cast and then put three horizontal hash marks so we would know which points should meet together. After cutting a straight up the back from tail bone to the nape of my neck, I was able to carefully slip out of the cast.  We then held the form together and sealed it with more paper tape.

We hung the dress form on a suit hanger to let it dry out further without me having to be stuck inside.  In the morning the form was quite firm but still "squishable".  Bekah says that it's actually a good likeness of me.  The dress form isn't strong enough to support a finished gown, but Bekah will be able to use it quite well for draping patterns.