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Sewing With a Homemade Dress Form

Elizabeth Wendt

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The Project

  • Making a dress
    • I sewed it using a duct tape dress form as a reference

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My Inspiration

I decided to make a dress after I found this video, though I did decide to use a dress form to make it.

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The Dress Form

  • Professional forms are usually expensive
    • I made my own for about $10

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How I made my dress form

I decided to make my own dress form, since professional dress forms can be pricey.

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Pros of using a dress form

  • You can pin fabric to some of them
  • Uniform size
    • You can also get an adjustable one
  • Comes with a stand
  • You can make interesting back patterns

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Cons of using a dress form

  • Costly
  • Uniform size
    • You have to pad it to fit you better
  • Some aren’t pinnable

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Misfortune

I had originally planned on making 2 different dresses using various techniques, though I had difficulties with both of my sewing machines by the time the project was due and only had one completed.