Dress form

For an exact replica of your body, make a molded papier-mâché dress form.

Did you ever wonder how to make a cover for a dressform? I did, and every idea I found was more complicated than the other. This is as easy as it can get.

For an exact replica of your body, make a molded papier-mâché dress form.

Although I have a pile of clothes waiting to be refashioned and an equal stack of fabric that could become cute new outfits, first things first. My kick-off project was to tackle getting my dress form ready to roll. Since it is a task that many home sewers might not have a lot of experience with, here is some professional advice to guide you. This process is different from making an exact replica of your body. Instead, this form yields clothing that not only fits, but also flatters. Here is…

Laura Nash, owner of Sew Chic Patterns, blogs about sewing and pattern making.

I've been debating on making this post. In the end I think it would be easier to create a blog entry than to make a video tutorial. I few we...

This post is a follow up to my January post about various commercial dress forms and DIY methods sewists use to try to get a decent dress form. Though it's been a while, I didn't forget my promise to write a tutorial to make THE BEST mannequin that really does duplicate your figure. In my defense, I just finished mine in September, (though I admit I've been using it anyway, pins and all) so thank you for your patience. To keep this tutorial from growing into an unmanageable mess, I'm going…

A paper-tape dress form is the easiest and cheapest of all.

Continuing from the previous entry. Before we start, the processes illustrated by photograph will be different from some of the instructions because I used a male model. I hope you appreciate this …

Use fusible interfacing and cotton batting reshape a form to match your figure.

Welcome back to mannequin making ! This is the home stretch and you might want to catch up on Part 1 and Part 2 before reading on. We've ...