winding the clock back a month or two, i did acquire the stuff for "dressform making" after much research on the net...
should i spend several hundred bucks and get one? should i just make my own? one good thing about making my own would be a "custom / perfect fit)
so that was what i did the last couple of hours...
i gathered the stuff i needed - old tees, tapes, scissors & an unwilling helper to help me stick tape...
had to strip bare and don on the unwanted black tee (preferably long sleeve and long length -wise, which was later to be cut)... remember DO NOT pull to tight on the tape... i had difficulty breathing even though the tape was first pulled out then stuck on (not pulling as well as sticking at the same time)... the tape's stiffness meant that only 1-2 layers could be wrapped around my entire upper body...
all flesh was compressed... every fat cell... nearly all breathing space... i did get my upper arms wrapped too and downwards to the bum cheeks...
the cutting and release was the hard part... thank u v much for mcduck's help... but he wasn't too happy by then (cutting a line through the tightly taped bodice over t-shirt)... at the end, after much screaming and shouting, the taped tee was off... the bodice was then mended back into it's 3D shape with even more tape... then came the stuffing (cheapo insulation material from reverse garbage)
stuffing sleeves first, then upper bodice... then the bum...
secure with even more tape and voi la... DIY dressform...
in order for easy pinning later on, a fabric outer was to be made... with yet another (one or two) old tees...
dressing... pinning... sewing... upper black, below waste white combo...
so ended up with this exact replica of me! my very own custom dressform...
no i can finally have a good look at the slip dress i am working on... which had lots of mistakes... & equal amounts of rescue attempts...
on that later... to be continued...
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