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If you want to make a dress form that’s an exact copy of your own body, a duct tape dress form might be the way to go. They’re inexpensive to make and don’t require fussy measuring. Deby from So Sew Easy shows how she made a duct tape dress form of her own. Go to her blog for the tute.
[photo from So Sew Easy]
The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!
It’s the sort of bag that is versatile enough to be used for lots of applications, not just cosmetics and toiletries. Keep all your pens and pencils in order, use it for a small first aid kit for the car, keep it in your desk at work for a few headache pills and other personal supplies.
Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.
I tried the it twice and both times I see the same thing that is happening in your picture. The bust on mine is not the same from side to side and the same is for the hips. Also, it’s impossible to work on and pin it because the glue gets stuck on the pins.
It’s really time consuming to make and mine didn’t work. I actually tried the dial dress forms to be able to match my measurements and shape, but again the my form expands evenly and creates holes as you expand it. I gain and lose weight all the time so I needed a dress form that would allow me to do that.
I looked into fabulous fit dress form and found out that they had a padding system that you can apply to your dress form. Their dress forms look great but I thought to just try the padding on my dial dress form first to save money, and to my surprise it worked like a charm.
I can pad up just a single area if gain weight in my stomach or all areas singularly. The fabulous fit padding system really works for me.