Clone Yourself a Dress Form
February 21st, 2007 by Candace
For those who like to make their own clothes, but can’t afford a store-made dress form, deck yourself in duct tape and you’ve got an inexpensive alternative. Threads magazine gives four easy and fun ways to create your own dress form using either papier-mâché or duct tape. They say you can complete this project in as little as two hours, using no more than $15 in materials. I’ll be trying this in the weeks to come, so check back to see my cloned dress form.
February 21st, 2007 at 5:22 am
Oh boy, that is the LAST thing I need to see – my OWN dressform. If that doesn’t depress myself, I don’t know what would!
February 21st, 2007 at 12:34 pm
Actually, don’t use duct tape, it’ll collapse very shortly. Use gummed paper tape, it’s sold in office supply stores (cheaper than duct tape too) and it dries hard as paper mache and just as light. Use several layers, drying between each. It’ll take a while but the dress form will last much longer than the duct tape form will.
And to the above poster, I thought the same, until I saw mine. It brought new appreciation for my shape, however socially unacceptable it may be
Happy sewing!
February 21st, 2007 at 8:09 pm
Thanks so much! I saw these a while back and have’nt been able to find them since!
February 28th, 2007 at 8:06 am
I saw this and HAD to link to you. This is a great idea…but not for my butt. (laughing). Thanks for the inspiration!
Tam