Hand made dress form


Ah....the beauty of the mind.

So.... The other day I was working on altering a dress from a single one piece item to a skirt and top. It turned out really cute. I wore it to church on sunday.

As I was working on it I had to keep trying it on, walk in front of a mirror and try to figure out what needed to be done with it while it was on my body. No easy task. I mentioned to my husband that it would be so cool if I had one of those dress forms, you know, kinda like a headless body that you can pin into. Bruce decided that would be a great thing for me to have and proceeded to look online and see what was available. After some frustrating moments of searching, we found them, and they were out of our price range, of course. So..... I asked him to google "make your own dress form" and wahlah.....duct tape.

Ok, so I didn't actually take a picture of my husbands handy work (my upper half wrapped in duct tape) but I have to admit, it turned out rather well. Basically, you put on a t-shirt and have your hubby or close friend cover you in duct tape. It kinda needs to be a close friend due to the fact that they will be feeling you up while pressing the tape flat on your body. After the entire upper half of you, from neck to hip, is covered in duct tape, you then have the other person cut up the back, trying not to cut your bra in half. After you remove the interesting contraption, you tape the back together, stuff it out and build a stand for it. I am fortunate to have a husband that is willing to take on my odd projects. :) He did a great job building the stand and I think my hand made dress form turned out fantastic. If I do say so myself.

Tuesday I used it to make an apron and it was so much easier.

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