How to use a dress form

Make your own dress form with this simple tutorial. Lots of tips for making a duct tape mannequin yourself. It is way easier than you think!

Did you ever wonder how to make a cover for a dressform? I did, and every idea I found was more complicated than the other. This is as easy as it can get.

I've heard a lot of good things about the Bootstrap Fashion DIY dress form pattern, and decided to try it out for myself.

In this post, I'll show you how to make a dress form by creating a custom sized bodice block and padding out a mannequin.

I signed up for “How to Fit a Dress Form to Your Body” at the Original Sewing and Quilt Expo to learn how to pad a dress form the right way. […]

A list of 5 of my favorite DIY dress form tutorials. Having a dress form double will aid you in fitting your muslin & clothes when you have no one to help.

This is Part 2 of the DIY Dress Form Tutorial where we'll look at building the stand from PVC pipe, assembling the mold, and filling the mold with foam to create our actual form. The first step is to build yourself a PVC pipe stand. I'm sure there are better ways to do this that might involve wheels on the bottom, but this works pretty well for me. Here is a picture of the stand I built: Depending on your body's dimensions, your measurements will vary a bit from mine. Since I decided to make…

This is the SECOND installment of my Ultimate DIY Dress Form Tutorial! Click here for the Intro post. BEFORE building your mold, there are several things you have to consider: * You are going to have to stand very still with excellent posture without moving for at least an hour. * The mold is going to be very fragile. * If you move or shift, your mold is not going to be accurate. * You might want to protect your skin if it is particularly sensitive. * And lastly and VERY importantly, you…

A designer at heart, you are super talented with frame, form, color and are a complete wiz at design. You see fashion in the colors on that dew-laden leaf and in the fur on the dog who just walked by. You have arranged all the tools to create and sew yourself that perfect dress that […]

Hello Readers. Sewing is a lot of work. One tool I really like to have is a dress form. A dress form can hold the clothes while you work on them. Most modern dr…