Here's an idea...instead of using christmas tree stands, you can get really nice market umbrella holder/stands. With summer just around the corner, there should be some sort of supply around somewhere. Maybe at the local home improvement stores?
Just a thought.. Elena/Gia -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Bjarne og Leif Drews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi Beth, > I made the sloper of unbleached cotton. > You are right that you can stuff it two hard, so that it gets two thick, but > i find that this special teddy bear stuffing, is nice to form with, and i > have obtained a shape very like my own. > I just placed it on top of the cut away bottom of my supermand model, and it > rests on it. I intend to glue it to the top of the bottom. > I didnt make any legs to the model, that would be two difficult to me to > make, but i do intend in near future, to add a right arm to it. Its > potential to me, that i can see how the back of my jackets and waistcoats > are, and that is the major factor. > I have seen at the companys who sells dress forms, that you can buy seperate > stands. Why dont you do this? And then use a broom stick to the stand? Let > the end of the stick rest on the neck top. Perhaps stuff in a heavy > cardboard here, to keep it have the shape? > I really intend to make a female sloper two, to the corsets i make. I hate > the breast part sitting two low, and it wont moove :-) > It was years and years since i made a sloper model last, but fortunately i > have a folder with recipies how to construkt these, from my designschool. It > really wasnt difficult to make, it kind of is in my brain already. > > Bjarne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beth Schoenberg" > To: "Historical Costume" > Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 7:05 PM > Subject: Re: [h-cost] sloper form > > > > Hi, Bjarne, > > > > You always amaze me!! Making one of these is such a big project, yet you > > mention it so matter-of-factly, as if it was a good idea, but a bit of an > > after-thought!! > > > > What did you use for the outer surface of the dress form? Unbleached > > cotton (muslin or calico)? Linen? Something heavier? Not fabric at all? > > > > A group of friends and I have been talking about making "duct-tape > > doubles," using duct tape, or wide house-painter's masking tape, or > > possibly fabric medical tape (expensive!) --- over plastic garbage bags or > > thin dry-cleaner's bags. We've been debating using foam-rubber for the > > stuffing, or teddy-bear stuffing, or spray-in building-insulation foam > > (this last is not squishable, but it is "carve-able"). The expected > > problem with using fabric fitted to shape is that the fabric "body" will > > be distorted out of the correct shape, as it is forcibly stuffed, for the > > person it's supposed to fit. How did you achieve your fit? > > > > One thing we have discovered is that an old microphone stand is *very* > > heavy, and might be an ideal base for a dress form, especially for our > > large and heavy historic dresses. > > > > I'm also curious: did you put whole or partial legs on your form? > > > > Beth S > > --- in clear and frosty Kambah, in Canberra, the big-city-small-town > > capital of Australia > > > > > > > > On 03/06/2006, at 9:29 PM, Bjarne og Leif Drews wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> My friends at Live Journal, gave me the idea to make myself a sloper > >> form. > >> I had recently ordered a mans dress form, but when it arrived, i found > >> out it was much, much two big for me, it was a superman. > >> So some of my friends suggested me to make myself a sloper model, pad the > >> armholes, and neck, and stuff it with teddybear stuffing. > >> I did yesterday, and i had to buy 6 large bags of stuffing, to fill out > >> my sloper. > >> The stand from the Superman i used for my own sloper model, and now i > >> have my own uniquely you. > >> Boy i am so happy that i made it, i have tryed on my suits on it, and i > >> actually found out many things i could have done better with the cut. > >> Now i am going to make myself a lot of nice outfits. > >> Also for period corsets, the sloper model is a brilliant idea, because > >> its squishable. > >> > >> Bjarne > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Leif og Bjarne Drews > >> www.my-drewscostumes.dk > >> > >> http://home0.inet.tele.dk/drewscph/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> h-costume mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > h-costume mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > > > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
