I am new to sewing and wanted a dress form. Dress forms are expensive so I did an alternate plan.. a duct tape dress form.
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Put on a long old t-shirt and start wrapping yourself in duct tape. You will need someone to help you when it comes to the upper back. Make sure to do a few layers of tape.
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Once you are completely covered in duct tape have a friend cut it off of you from the middle of you back all the way down.
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tape up the cut area and start to fill with batting.
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I had a stand home that worked perfectly so all I did was tape some cardboard onto the stand the fit the form on top
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I then decided to cover the duct tape form in fabric so I used a pillow case and sewed up the sides.
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You are now the proud owner of a dress form in your exact measurements!
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Posted By:Alessia T. »
February 21, 2009 22:27
Popular tags: Painting & Decorating, Revamping, Dressmaking / Tailoring, Clothing & Fabric, Gothic, Christmas, Decorating, and Halloween
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DIS.AR.RAY
22 Feb 00:50
wow! THATS AMAZING! I really needed a dress form, and this is perfect! Thank you so much! :D
DIS.AR.RAY
22 Feb 01:24
oh, and in the first picture, that dress is really cute :D
Eve S.
22 Feb 01:27
thank you!
this is pretty awesome!
Ashasaurus13
22 Feb 03:27
:D I was looking for a dress form and I have plent of tape... Thank you :D
Alessia T.
22 Feb 09:37
Aww glad you guys like it!!! If you have any questions about the process just message me! :)
Candice C.
23 Feb 03:56
I wanted to try this, but wasn't so sure about the paper mache and other ways posted previously, but I'm loving the duct tape method! I'm more likely to tackle this project now :) and very cute dress :) did you make it?
Mallory Howard
28 Feb 19:11
I LOVE THE IDEA AND THE DRESS FIRST PICTURED!!!
Alessia T.
14 Mar 19:19
Thank you. The first dress is actually a Kariza... best thing ever!!
Twilight lover
18 May 20:33
That is so cooL! And way easier than all of the other projects like this! Thank you so much! :D
Sameero
22 Jun 00:16
THIS. IS. GENIUS. Would totally help with my cosplaying. Thank you for sharing this geniusness.
Rebekah M.
24 Jun 11:31
I seriously JUST saw this in the book "Subversive Seamster" that I got at the library! They had some techniques and tips on how to get it right around the chest and everything. I need to make one. =D
Kimmie R.
02 Jul 18:01
thanks so much for this!! um, where can you get a stand?
Arty KitKat
07 Jul 08:21
I'm definitely going to have a go making one of these. There's no way I can afford the real mccoy and this looks really straight forward so thanks for the how to :)
♫ BecSTAR ♫
29 Jul 20:25
Hey this is great. I'm definatly going to have to try and make my own one.
P.S: The dress that is on the dress form... did you make it or buy it? It's very cute :P
Jean
13 Oct 21:11
this is an OUTSTANDING idea!!
thank you!!