Dress Form

Hello, I'll try to explain what I did.  I drafted the top from the bodice block video and the bottom from the skirt block video, without any slit, just sewed up the back center seam.  There was no ease so it was form fitting.  So I made my own sheath.  I got the idea from a "uniquely you" dress form.  On the internet this strange dress form had a hugh, larger that normal foam body (because it had to be compressed) and forced into a sheath that fit the woman like a second skin.  On the internet I read of a lot of women having trouble compressing this foam body into the sheath it comes with ( the sheath had a zipper on the back)  and you had to compress and force the zipper to close over the foam body. After I made my sheath, I purchased cups, like you put in a swimsuit or dress, and put these in the bust area and filled the cups with foam.  I took my storebought (my double) dress form off the stand, taped and wrapped foam around  the pole (so it would still turn) as I kept adding and taping foam around it to fill in as much as I could of the sheath.  Then I  used a spray glue and layered batting around the foam to fill in the spaces to fit the sheath better and smoother.  I had one sheath made of muslin, I put this on the  body and filled in any remaining spaces with batting.  Then hand sewed the back seam.  I made a second sheath with a more durable material, and covered her with a second skin, then sewed up the final sheath the same way.  I sewed a draw string cord around the bottom and pulled and tied it from underneath.  So the new dress form turns on the stand just like the original "my double" dress form did.

It did take a lot of time, and thought, but I just made it "my project".  I did a lot of hand sewing on it, for example to make a neck and shoulder socket, I sewed those in by hand.

I hope this helped you.  Thank you for writing me. I wish you the best on your dress form. :)

Sincerely,

Carol