My Dress Form
July 28, 2009 10:21 amSO, you know I’ve been pining for a dress form. But I just haven’t found one in my budget. So I decided to make my own! I used this tutorial. My brother did it for me 
It was soooo hillarious, I should have taken pictures. Anyhow, it came out pretty good! It will definitely suffice till I can get a real one. I covered it in muslin because the red duct tape just looked so creepy.
Here’s a dress I designed that I’m working on now.
I’m still working on the straps, but after that, it’s almost done.
This week is a little crazy for me. I’m making a Snow White costume for my three year olds birthday on Monday, wokring on a couple custom orders and working on the pattern for the flower shirt. So bear with me as my own creative postings will be a little slower.
It was soooo hillarious, I should have taken pictures. Anyhow, it came out pretty good! It will definitely suffice till I can get a real one. I covered it in muslin because the red duct tape just looked so creepy.
Here’s a dress I designed that I’m working on now.
I’m still working on the straps, but after that, it’s almost done.
This week is a little crazy for me. I’m making a Snow White costume for my three year olds birthday on Monday, wokring on a couple custom orders and working on the pattern for the flower shirt. So bear with me as my own creative postings will be a little slower.
I’m SO excited about the flower shirt pattern. It’s coming along nicely!
I’m retesting the pattern right now to make sure it all correlates well. I have to finish designing my logo then it will be finding a printer, making a cover, printing instructions, etc… So I’m progressing along. Thanks for all you support and encouragement. It is so helpful!!
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By Clodagh a.k.a. Isra on Jul 28, 2009 | Reply
Great job on the form and your dress is looking lovely I can't wait to see it finished. Have a good, albeit busy, week.
By Laura Gerencser on Jul 28, 2009 | Reply
Cool! The dress looks like it will be fantastic! Can't wait for the shirt pattern!!:):):):)
By Ellieboo on Jul 28, 2009 | Reply
Wow – you made your own form. Wow! The new dress looks fantastic. I am loving your designs, gorgeous and the purple flower pattern is on my list of must haves. Cant wait.
By Nick on Jul 28, 2009 | Reply
I've been meaning to make myself a duct tape dress form for awhile, I picked bright blue tape
Are you looking for any pattern testers? I'd love to volunteer! I also hope you make the polka dot shirt into a pattern, it's gorgeous.
By Mariah on Jul 28, 2009 | Reply
ok, seriously??? When do you sleep?? You're so amazing! I only have 1 daughter- and one on the way, and I get tired just thinking about making ONE project a week!! You're such an inspiration!!!
By Cartee on Jul 28, 2009 | Reply
I was about to say the same thing as mariah! I love it!
By Krull Family on Jul 28, 2009 | Reply
That is exciting! Congratulations! You have inspired me to start sewing! I signed up for a sewing class, and even made my daughter a little shift dress today. THANK YOU for the inspiration!!!
By dana on Jul 29, 2009 | Reply
hmmmm. i may have to try this! I need one too. Yours turned out great!
By Rae on Jul 30, 2009 | Reply
Oh very fun! I'm so glad to hear that you're getting started with patterns…I hope some of the info you got is proving useful?
Your dress form is both hilarious AND creepy. (: I was just going to post today about my dress form (which I LOVE), if I get a chance I'll put the post up. The brand is called Uniquely You and you tailor it to your exact dimensions which is cool. Anyway…good luck with your pattern!
By Craftify It! on Jul 30, 2009 | Reply
Don't know if it is in your budget, but this one is on my wish list…
http://www2.jcpenney.com/jcp/X6.aspx?ItemID=1424930&ItemTyp=G&GrpTyp=PRD&ShowMenu=T&ShopBy=0&SearchString=mannequin&RefPage=SearchDepartment.aspx&s4PageSize=15&CmCatId=EXTERNAL|searchdepartment&Search1Prod=True