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my dress form fell apart, hey it was over 50 years old....
i can't afford another dress form right now. i was looking a the old post and in the thread topic for directions to make a corset from duct tape, which i have done successfully, there were replies about making a dress form from your body with tape and sometimes stuffing.
could some when tell me, step by step, how this is done. including how you'd attach a stand
i am open to different techniques, using different tape or other techniques (non tape) to constructing a dress form.
i am constructing more costuming of late then i have before and this lack of a dress form i maddening!
thank you, for your help and ideas
i can't afford another dress form right now. i was looking a the old post and in the thread topic for directions to make a corset from duct tape, which i have done successfully, there were replies about making a dress form from your body with tape and sometimes stuffing.
could some when tell me, step by step, how this is done. including how you'd attach a stand
i am open to different techniques, using different tape or other techniques (non tape) to constructing a dress form.
i am constructing more costuming of late then i have before and this lack of a dress form i maddening!
thank you, for your help and ideas
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Re: using your body to make a dress form
Mon, June 29, 2009 - 2:59 AMWhile you wait for responses from the talented folks here - you may find some help from these links:
www.threadsmagazine.com/item/3...sistant
craftyvixens.tribe.net/thread...1c20da9
Cheers - and good luck!
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Re: using your body to make a dress form
Mon, June 29, 2009 - 3:30 AMthank you. i belong to crafty vixens and brosed over that prior but i'l check again and check the other link as well
off to bed i will check back tommorow, looking forward to the talented knowledge that awaits
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Re: using your body to make a dress form
Mon, June 29, 2009 - 4:33 PMThe best instructions on how to make a brown paper tape dress form is in an old issue of Sew News magazine, by Connie Crawford, complete with stand. No stuffing required. I had her instructions from a workshop I took with her (nice lady), and she has it in her big book on pattern drafting.
I would link to it, but it seems that Sew News has removed the old articles they used to have, and I didn't save off a copy (poot!) so I can't direct you to the info. I have the magazine article, but the online article had more pics. After making a duct tape double (which has to be stuffed), and a brown paper tape form (which can sorta stand alone), I prefer the latter for cheap dress forms.
However, nowadays I really really really LOVE having a squishable pinnable dress form made of foam. I bought a Uniquely You dress form to use while I lose weight, and there is a custom dress form you can make of yourself called the My Twin dress form.
www.mytwindressforms.com/
I would recommend going with one of those two foam forms.
