Pathetic looking isn't it? Go ahead, laugh. It's a work in progress and will be for awhile. If you actually thought I was very good at sewing you are kidding yourself. I have no such illusions.I tried the "duct tape yourself" dress form and that didn't work so I found one to buy. Only dress forms don't seem to have a shape that resembles a real woman. I know we all come in different shapes and sizes but the dress form seems limited.
I decided to make my dress form resemble me more. My skills are lacking in this field (as you can see). I tried making a muslin shell with princess lines and yes, it fits me snug but I'm having trouble getting it to fit Dum-Dum. After having trouble stuffing its boobs I finally adjusted the rib cage to equal mine then stuck a bra on it that fits but I don't wear--this I stuffed to equal my measurements (not very professional, huh?). I measured and remeasured and it's the same as me. As I stood back looking very skeptical at its proportions, The Husband came in, said, "Sorry," and took hold of Dum-Dum's boobs and pushed them downward!
"Nooooo," says I. "Say it isn't so!"
The Husband, "That's where they are--it's incredible how much it looks like you now."
"Go. Away."
So my dress form is a lot less perky now. I can hardly look at it without shaking my head. Do I really look like that? The measurements say I do. And I tried using it but had trouble sticking pins in it without a strange mix of guilt and worry. Should I be putting pins in my twin like this? This whole thing is not turning out how I thought it would.
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Your post is making me smile but in a wry, 'yes, been there' kind of way. I made a huge mistake with mine when she arrived in using her to make a dress for my Much Slimmer Friend first. So when I then padded her out to my own heftier measurements, she looked HUGE! And there is no way of reducing the width of her shoulders so they're the same as my freakily narrow ones. But I still love her and she does make my sewing life a lot easier.
Oh I so resemble...but my point! Eons ago, in a Dear Abby column, I read that a droopy bosom is perfect for pearls. Tell you husband he owes you a string now!
(Having suffered thusly my entire life, that saying is the only thing that kept my spirits up! A 16 yo who droops needs something like that. And the only reason they don't hang past my waist now, at 52, is the sausage roll under them!)
Your post made me smile...i made the first part of a paper tape dress form last night...the actual form has turned out really well but i can't believe i look like that. I have lots of tutorials if you want to have a go x
Too funny! I have a dress form that only barely resembles my actual form. This is my excuse for why my stuff doesn't fit right, not my tailoring skills!
I recently discovered your blog, and have been really enjoying the wealth of information that you share. This post had me laughing. As a recent arrival to sewing, I am fascinated by how those that sew seem to have a very good (if brutally honest) understanding of the figure, in certain ways better than me, in spite of the fact that I can paint a decent classical portrait.
I somehow convinced my dh to help me make the paper tape dress form. I love it, it even shows the scapula clearly!
My then-husband-to-be helped me make a duct tape form on which to fit my wedding dress 11 years ago. What an awakening for me! But standing next to "it" in front of the mirror, I had to admit that it was a duplicate of my shape.
And to think he still was willing to get married...
It's nice to know I'm not alone in this!
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