Any Experience with Dress Forms? Experienced at Sewing Clothes?
02-01-2015, 04:22 PM
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I love my dress form. She keeps me company in my sewing room...and, she has all the chunks and bulges I have.
I bought a Roxy dress form as close to my size as I could....then padded it out with Fabulous Fit dress form pads. I bought the pads on Amazon.
http://tinyurl.com/k5odruv
If my tiny URL doesn't work, just do a search and it should be easily found.
I bought a Roxy dress form as close to my size as I could....then padded it out with Fabulous Fit dress form pads. I bought the pads on Amazon.
http://tinyurl.com/k5odruv
If my tiny URL doesn't work, just do a search and it should be easily found.
02-01-2015, 05:29 PM
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I made a duct tape dress form and she hangs on a hanger in my sewing room. She is horrifying, but handy. I tried a store bought, Drizt, form but its adjustment did not fit. I think the pads another poster mentioned would solve the problem, but it is out of my budget, thoigh it may go on my wish list.
02-02-2015, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
i'm thinking this type might suit you well http://www.relique.com/oddities/mold...sh-dress-form/
02-03-2015, 12:07 PM
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I bet that would work, I could bend it to make it hunch like me. But where to find one? I'll look online. Thanks for the suggestion.
Originally Posted by QuiltnNan
i'm thinking this type might suit you well http://www.relique.com/oddities/mold...sh-dress-form/
02-03-2015, 12:08 PM
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I did make a duct dress form and the fumes from the tape made me nauseous. If I make another one I will let the packages of tape air out in advance and do it on a day I can open the windows.
Originally Posted by kylenstevesmom
what about doing a duct tape dress form?
There are a ton of tutorials and you don't have to deal with fumes, or try to smooth the wrinkles out.
http://craftlog.org/craftlog/?p=2699
http://so-sew-easy.com/diy-duct-tape-dress-form/
There are a ton of tutorials and you don't have to deal with fumes, or try to smooth the wrinkles out.
http://craftlog.org/craftlog/?p=2699
http://so-sew-easy.com/diy-duct-tape-dress-form/
02-03-2015, 12:29 PM
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Thanks, I don't know how I missed the paper method before but it's worth a shot! I actually have a whole magazine from Threads on Smart Fitting with an article by Kenneth King about sewing a removable cover for a dummy (Spring Issue The Best of Threads 2013 Taunton Product 34029) , but it sounds like that might not be the way to go with my fitting issues, a homemade one would be more accurate.
btw I made a quite elaborate one with arms and legs. I ended up having to cut off the arms to get a top over it, duh, duct tape arms don't bend to move into holes! lol.
I found a pic of it on Knitting Paradise, I lost the rest of my pics when I formatted my PC. I shared all my tips with them too:
http://www.knittingparadise.com/t-221281-1.html
There are more pics about half way down:
http://www.knittingparadise.com/t-221281-2.html
btw I made a quite elaborate one with arms and legs. I ended up having to cut off the arms to get a top over it, duh, duct tape arms don't bend to move into holes! lol.
I found a pic of it on Knitting Paradise, I lost the rest of my pics when I formatted my PC. I shared all my tips with them too:
http://www.knittingparadise.com/t-221281-1.html
There are more pics about half way down:
http://www.knittingparadise.com/t-221281-2.html
Originally Posted by Prism99
I think the only way you can get a really good one for your situation is to make it yourself. However, duct tape isn't the only way to do it. Threads magazine has shown something like 7 different methods over the years:
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/...tom-dress-form
Water-activated paper tape shouldn't have the fumes problem you encountered, and there are several Youtube videos that show how to do it. Here's one of the better ones I found:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNkp4zLUuRE
She ends up smoothing it out with Mod Podge, and says she used less than a roll of packing tape (300 ft) to make it. The portion with the model in the form took about 1 and 1/2 hours.
http://www.threadsmagazine.com/item/...tom-dress-form
Water-activated paper tape shouldn't have the fumes problem you encountered, and there are several Youtube videos that show how to do it. Here's one of the better ones I found:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNkp4zLUuRE
She ends up smoothing it out with Mod Podge, and says she used less than a roll of packing tape (300 ft) to make it. The portion with the model in the form took about 1 and 1/2 hours.
02-03-2015, 01:09 PM
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I saw a few dress forms a professional tailor had made in an attic. He had used padding on the form to make it realistic to the person's body. It looked to me like kotex pads that he used in some places and on some were handmade little pillows that filled in the areas needing the padding. Then he had used knit fabric to cover the whole form up and make it a seamless body.
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