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Oct 14, 2008
Aug 26, 2008
DIY dress form tutorial
I started this dress form with the intention of getting help from my boyfriend... however it took so long to pre-cut the pieces of tape I ended up doing it all by myself because he passed out, lol!.... so it's possible to do this all by yourself, however having a helping hand would make it so much easier, but I got a good stretching out of my arms, :P
Materials:
- black garbage bag
- duct tape
- gummed paper tape, cut/ripped into 6-8 inch lengths
- sponge
- preparation time: 30minutes - 1hr
- taping time: 1-2hr depending on whether you have help or not
1) cut a neck hole and arm hole in the black garbage bag. Wrap an 1 inch wide length of duct tape below the bust line.
2) with another 1 inch wide length of duct tape, cross the strip over the chest and around your neck.
3) wrap another 1 inch wide length of paper tape around the narrowest part of your waist. Start placing short lengths of tape around neck area for stabilizing and starting everything off.
4) Place 6 inch length paper tape horizontally across the collar bone and chest area. Reinforce the horizontal strips with vertical strips.
5) Continue to past the waist to the hips.
6) Finishing off past the bum and mid-thigh.
7) I messed up cut up the front to get the cast off me, but I didn't have help to cut it up the back, which is what you should do.
Now paper tape up the cut area to reattach the two sides and VOILA, you have a dress form. Make end stops by using cardboard boxes in the shape of the neck, arm and bottom hole. You can fill the form with basting, newspaper, scraps of cloth, what have you. I had a mixture of scraps of cloths and newspaper. The cloth makes the form more heavy and stable. I also made a cover for the form to make it look a more presentable sitting in my living room, which took less than 10 minutes.
GOOD LUCK everyone, if you have questions feel free to ask me ;)
Materials:
- black garbage bag
- duct tape
- gummed paper tape, cut/ripped into 6-8 inch lengths
- sponge
- preparation time: 30minutes - 1hr
- taping time: 1-2hr depending on whether you have help or not
1) cut a neck hole and arm hole in the black garbage bag. Wrap an 1 inch wide length of duct tape below the bust line.
2) with another 1 inch wide length of duct tape, cross the strip over the chest and around your neck.
3) wrap another 1 inch wide length of paper tape around the narrowest part of your waist. Start placing short lengths of tape around neck area for stabilizing and starting everything off.
4) Place 6 inch length paper tape horizontally across the collar bone and chest area. Reinforce the horizontal strips with vertical strips.
5) Continue to past the waist to the hips.
6) Finishing off past the bum and mid-thigh.
7) I messed up cut up the front to get the cast off me, but I didn't have help to cut it up the back, which is what you should do.
Now paper tape up the cut area to reattach the two sides and VOILA, you have a dress form. Make end stops by using cardboard boxes in the shape of the neck, arm and bottom hole. You can fill the form with basting, newspaper, scraps of cloth, what have you. I had a mixture of scraps of cloths and newspaper. The cloth makes the form more heavy and stable. I also made a cover for the form to make it look a more presentable sitting in my living room, which took less than 10 minutes.
GOOD LUCK everyone, if you have questions feel free to ask me ;)
Aug 25, 2008
D.I.Y. personalized dress form
... I believe I told caffeinecat about my DIY dress form like a month ago and finally it's making its debut b/c well I STILL can't find the darn camera charger and haven't been able to take the last/final pictures of it... so camera phone action again, lol :P BUT HERE IT IS!!! DIY instructions will follow... sometime this week ;)
It's been immensely helpful with all my vintage alterations because I used to pin/sew clothing while I wore them, lol!
yes, yes it's a tad lumpy ( explanations later with the D.I.Y. tutorial) but it doesn't effect the overall function of the dress form :P
It's been immensely helpful with all my vintage alterations because I used to pin/sew clothing while I wore them, lol!
yes, yes it's a tad lumpy ( explanations later with the D.I.Y. tutorial) but it doesn't effect the overall function of the dress form :P
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