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As I (like everyone else) am not a standard size, and I dont have lots of money for a fancy shop bought dress form, I though I would make my own. First I made a paper tape cast of myself using this method, and then, as that one was obviously slightly larger than me and not pinnable, I made a second one inside it, covered in wadding, using it as a mould and then covering it in jersey, using this method. Now all I have to do is find a stand for it. I have already used it and it is awesome! I named her Agnetha as I was listening to ABBA when I covered it.
Lots more detail on my blog
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Novice
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- Accessories
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May 5, 2011, 10.13 AMby ifonlyiwerejoanie
Thanks hon! If it helps with the motivation levels, I was pretty unconvinced it was going to ever look like anything for the vast amount of the time I spent making it! But I just carried on and it came out alright! (though I did then enter a period of horror at the size of myself!)
May 4, 2011, 07.13 PMby joost52
Wow! Seriously wow. I am actually in the middle of making a dressform myself (same here, no standard size) and I find it to be a rather challenging project. Yours looks so good I’m starting to think I must be doing something wrong ;)