That is a good idea. I'll have to check that out. My plan was to get another Uniquely You and have one fitted to my normal shape and one fitted to my corsetted shape. But my weight is in transition as I lose the weight I put on during an ankle injury/surgery that kept me mostly immobile for over a year. So maybe that is another option. Thanks for the info! :) Teena
________________________________ From: Wicked Frau <wickedf...@gmail.com> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [h-cost] Dressmakers dummy The last issue of Threads had a tutorial on how to make a sloper for a body (and then use it) by padding up a smaller dress dummy for a perfect fit!! Pretty awesome for folks who sew for a variety of body shapes. Sg On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Beteena Paradise < bete...@mostlymedieval.com> wrote: > 1. One that can actually be shaped like you. Many of us can never be > matched with the "hard" dial type ones. > 2. One that you can push pins into > > My recommendation is for the Uniquely You dress form. It is made of hard > foam and you fit the fabric cover to your body (they include instructions > for this). Then you put the cover on the form and it squishes into place to > be shaped by you. The fitting of the cover can be a bit of a pain, but well > worth it in the end. > > Teena > > > ________________________________ > From: Rachel Stimson <restim...@gmail.com> > To: h-cost...@indra.com > Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 6:15 AM > Subject: [h-cost] Dressmakers dummy > > Does anyone have any advice on what to look out for when purchasing a dress > makers dummy. My mother has offered to buy me one in exchange for remaking > a jacket for my sisters wedding. I am in the UK. > > Thanks > Rachel > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > -- -Sg- _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
