How to make your own dress form

Dress Form Construction by Sartorial DIY

I've been pining for a dress form for a long time and recently I was lucky to be given one by my parents. But before that I was looking for a cheap alternative. And I found that I wasn't the only one. There are so many  tutorials online to DIY your own dress form. Most of them involve duct tape (is that American for packing tape?) or paper maché. But I particularly like this one because the creator glues black felt onto his finished dress form. This is great because you need to be able to pin your cloth to the form when using it.

This dress form guide is made for men, but you get the idea. Basically you wrap your tape/glue-drenched cloth strips around your body (wear a garbage bag) and arms till it's thick enough to hold, wait for it to dry into shape then cut it off. Attach it back together and stuff it with newspaper or fabric scraps. Find a stand (Threadbanger uses a Christmas tree trunk) and cover the form with felt or thick cloth. And like Sartorial DIY finish the neck hole with a wooden sphere.
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So far;

Sorry for the wait between posts- my mother's computer is broken so she's borrowed my computer in the meantime to finish an article.

Anyhow I've been working on a how-to for reconstructing shirts. Specifically, re-making men's shirts to fit a woman's figure. It will be posted in the next week or so.

Also coming up will be my Tiger's Tail maxi dress and deconstruction of an inspiration piece- a cardigan by Mancandy.

Lastly I bought a French curve today! Mostly I'm hoping that it will improve my rather basic pattern-making skills to something a bit more complex. I used to use a plate and a ruler to draw curves but yep, a French curve will at least make all the lengths match and measuring curves faster!

I guess I want to become able to tailor clothing well and understand how clothes are made- how they fit the body and flatter one's figure. But also I want to record and communicate what I've learnt in a way that's easy to understand when myself and others look at it afterwards.

If you have any advice, opinions or just want to say hi, please comment!