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padding to a dress form
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My wife just got a used mannequin, perhaps a dress form, but with rigid body/torso. The real intent is having something so she can display her Swedish folk dress on occasion, provided that it is pinned up to the dress form. for that use, i think this will be ok, especially at $20US with a floor stand. does anyone have experience with adding material to a form to make a larger size as opposed to an adjustable form? I found the material below from a web page on dress forms and mannequins. i am sure kate dicey has multiple forms but for limited use, there is a lot of difference in price and tough to absorb. from http://www.fabulousfit.com/bodywrap.html The Body Wrap Fabulous Fit® Change, Increase Any Size Form. "The common complaint is that "Patterns don't fit me!" We all have a different set of measurements, even though we may use the same size pattern. Pre-fitting avoids disasters! The Body Wrap is a "fiber skirt" and a "bustier" that can be wrapped around the form, when working with larger sizes and using a smaller form. ..... The Bodywrap is designed to fill in areas as well as change the size of your form. You can use the torso only to fill out the stomach, or use parts of the Bodywrap to create a rounded back shoulder, or sculpt a sway back by feathering it away at the back waist. Now you can start creating, designing, and sewing for different sizes on your form, without losing the singularities in shape for each size. The Bodywrap will soon be $27, but right now it is only $15 klh in va/usa Yes, I *do* have several dress forms, BUT I still need to pad them up occasionally - to suit people with particular fitting issues, the occasional pregnancy, and for historical dress. Dial it up a size or two smaller, pad up to the clients measurements, put on the right shaped corset, and away we go! That site pads up pretty much as I do it. You want to make the padding fairly firm, so it behaves a bit like a real body. I use cheap poly toy stuffing, batting, and a wrap of whatever is handy, and cover the padding with an old skinny-fit stretchy jumper, just to make it look tidy. -- Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons http://www.katedicey.co.uk Click on Kate's Pages and explore! |
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padding to a dress form
My wife just got a used mannequin, perhaps a dress form, but with rigid body/torso. The real intent is having something so she can display her Swedish folk dress on occasion, provided that it is pinned up to the dress form. for that use, i think this will be ok, especially at $20US with a floor stand. does anyone have experience with adding material to a form to make a larger size as opposed to an adjustable form? I found the material below from a web page on dress forms and mannequins. i am sure kate dicey has multiple forms but for limited use, there is a lot of difference in price and tough to absorb. from http://www.fabulousfit.com/bodywrap.html The Body Wrap Fabulous Fit® Change, Increase Any Size Form. "The common complaint is that "Patterns don't fit me!" We all have a different set of measurements, even though we may use the same size pattern. Pre-fitting avoids disasters! The Body Wrap is a "fiber skirt" and a "bustier" that can be wrapped around the form, when working with larger sizes and using a smaller form. .... The Bodywrap is designed to fill in areas as well as change the size of your form. You can use the torso only to fill out the stomach, or use parts of the Bodywrap to create a rounded back shoulder, or sculpt a sway back by feathering it away at the back waist. Now you can start creating, designing, and sewing for different sizes on your form, without losing the singularities in shape for each size. The Bodywrap will soon be $27, but right now it is only $15 klh in va/usa |
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padding to a dress form
I remember umpteen years ago when I was in college, we had those foam
rubber dress forms that could be sized up or down. As we were learning draping at the time, each of us made a tight-fitting garment for the dress form, using our own measurements. Then, we stuffed them to add "love handles," "spare tires," etc. It was hilarious--we could tell each other's form from the far end of the hall. Teri |
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