Re: [h-cost] dress forms
Cin, what sort of stocking do you suggest using for the bird seed? I have a foam dummy, and I love her (she's named Bessie Blunt, LOL! Cin, what sort of stocking do you suggest using for the bird seed? And why how ace bandages for padding? Hey Kimiko! Double bag with old kneehigh stocks or panty hose to make a little pouch. Lentils work pretty well, too and they're larger. They dont escape thru a tiny hole in the stocking roll to the least accessible part of the room. Dressmakers pins easily go thru the pouch. Make a pouch the breadth of one rebreast top, yet thin and still very squishy, stretchy pliable. Hacky-sac tight is way too tight will be lumpy. This is all sort of rule-of-thumb-ish. I'm nearly flat-chested, so a handful of seeds/lentil is a big change. ...why how ace bandages for padding? I padded mine with poly batting in the areas I needed, under the cover. I'm just picturing the ace bandage going round and round the body - and that doesn't seem right so I am thinking you are doing something different. Nope, it's pretty much as you describe. Both of these techniques are for making minor, temporary adjustments that dont merit the resizing of the Uniquely You cover. When I put on a corset, my assets lift a bit. The foam in the cover, does not lift at all; it merely compresses. The seed/lentils imitate the lift. The smoothly wrapped ace keeps the pouches in place. Similarly, there are times when you have gained or lost just a smidge, or when my dummy can be tweeked in a minor way to imitate one of my friends who's nearly my body double, but not quite. I can give the dummy slightly larger hips or a thicker waist in moments. It gives my friend a way to see her gown on her body, rather than mine. On the downside, it's a high touch solution compared to the quick dirty adaptions. The seed/lentil pouches are more comforming than using old shoulder pads as breast, shoulder, shoulder blade, hip re-sculpturing. (Yes, I do the quilt batt scrap trick, too.) For a closely fitted gown, maybe it's worth your time. For box cut jackets, you might not want to spend the extra effort. --cin ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] dress forms
I could not agree more. They are very easy to alter for short-term or long-term use (or even weight gain/loss for personal sewing). I use them in the museum displays because I cannot afford of the period' mannequins. I recommend them. And when I have repadded or corsetted them, I slip a tight t-shirt or camisole over them for a smooth surface. On 5/28/10 12:31 PM, Cin cinbar...@gmail.com wrote: For all the whining about the foam dummies, I'd just like to make clear that they are heads shoulders grin bettter than any other option. It's not hard to bob the exaggerated bits. It took only minutes to change excess boobage into protrusive shoulderblades. I cant stick pins in my plaster cast dummy. He was however, free, so I keep him. Foam squeezes just a little more to reshape just a smidge when you want to try a new style of corsetry. Plaster, paper tape dummies deform the underlying body you're trying to model. Dial-a dummies are just plain inadequate for most people. Really, there's no other sensible option: get a foam dummy. Pad her out with ace bandages, give her a boob-lift with a stocking full of birdseed, buy several covers and do one each for your corseted, bullet-bra natural shapes,. Sew her an arm for a sleeve form pin it to the cover when you need it. They last for years! --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com Posted by: foureverfaire foureverfa...@yahoo.com foureverfaire Thu May 27, 2010 12:38 pm (PDT) Though i don't have a dress form myself, i have frirends that do and i've heard others talk about having the same challenge of having to cut down parts of the Uniquely You Dress forms. ___ 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
Re: [h-cost] dress forms
I have a foam dummy, and I love her (she's named Bessie Blunt, since I had to whack her breasts and was working on Tudor clothing at the time). Cin, what sort of stocking do you suggest using for the bird seed? And why how ace bandages for padding? I padded mine with poly batting in the areas I needed, under the cover. I'm just picturing the ace bandage going round and round the body - and that doesn't seem right so I am thinking you are doing something different. Thank you, Kimiko Kimiko Small http://www.kimiko1.com Be the change you want to see in the world. ~ Ghandi The Tudor Lady's Wardrobe pattern http://www.margospatterns.com/ From: Cin cinbar...@gmail.com Really, there's no other sensible option: get a foam dummy. Pad her out with ace bandages, give her a boob-lift with a stocking full of birdseed, ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] dress forms
Just be careful in museum settings-- they are not archivally sound, they outgas. Astrida From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Nordtorp-Madson, Michelle A. [manordto...@stthomas.edu] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 1:39 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] dress forms I could not agree more. They are very easy to alter for short-term or long-term use (or even weight gain/loss for personal sewing). I use them in the museum displays because I cannot afford of the period' mannequins. I recommend them. And when I have repadded or corsetted them, I slip a tight t-shirt or camisole over them for a smooth surface. On 5/28/10 12:31 PM, Cin cinbar...@gmail.com wrote: For all the whining about the foam dummies, I'd just like to make clear that they are heads shoulders grin bettter than any other option. It's not hard to bob the exaggerated bits. It took only minutes to change excess boobage into protrusive shoulderblades. I cant stick pins in my plaster cast dummy. He was however, free, so I keep him. Foam squeezes just a little more to reshape just a smidge when you want to try a new style of corsetry. Plaster, paper tape dummies deform the underlying body you're trying to model. Dial-a dummies are just plain inadequate for most people. Really, there's no other sensible option: get a foam dummy. Pad her out with ace bandages, give her a boob-lift with a stocking full of birdseed, buy several covers and do one each for your corseted, bullet-bra natural shapes,. Sew her an arm for a sleeve form pin it to the cover when you need it. They last for years! --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com Posted by: foureverfaire foureverfa...@yahoo.com foureverfaire Thu May 27, 2010 12:38 pm (PDT) Though i don't have a dress form myself, i have frirends that do and i've heard others talk about having the same challenge of having to cut down parts of the Uniquely You Dress forms. ___ 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 ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] dress forms
Not all of them; be careful of foam type. And you can always wrap them in inert plastic, too. From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Schaeffer, Astrida [astrida.schaef...@unh.edu] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 8:09 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] dress forms Just be careful in museum settings-- they are not archivally sound, they outgas. Astrida From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Nordtorp-Madson, Michelle A. [manordto...@stthomas.edu] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 1:39 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] dress forms I could not agree more. They are very easy to alter for short-term or long-term use (or even weight gain/loss for personal sewing). I use them in the museum displays because I cannot afford of the period' mannequins. I recommend them. And when I have repadded or corsetted them, I slip a tight t-shirt or camisole over them for a smooth surface. On 5/28/10 12:31 PM, Cin cinbar...@gmail.com wrote: For all the whining about the foam dummies, I'd just like to make clear that they are heads shoulders grin bettter than any other option. It's not hard to bob the exaggerated bits. It took only minutes to change excess boobage into protrusive shoulderblades. I cant stick pins in my plaster cast dummy. He was however, free, so I keep him. Foam squeezes just a little more to reshape just a smidge when you want to try a new style of corsetry. Plaster, paper tape dummies deform the underlying body you're trying to model. Dial-a dummies are just plain inadequate for most people. Really, there's no other sensible option: get a foam dummy. Pad her out with ace bandages, give her a boob-lift with a stocking full of birdseed, buy several covers and do one each for your corseted, bullet-bra natural shapes,. Sew her an arm for a sleeve form pin it to the cover when you need it. They last for years! --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com Posted by: foureverfaire foureverfa...@yahoo.com foureverfaire Thu May 27, 2010 12:38 pm (PDT) Though i don't have a dress form myself, i have frirends that do and i've heard others talk about having the same challenge of having to cut down parts of the Uniquely You Dress forms. ___ 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 ___ 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
Re: [h-cost] dress forms
I'll have to agree with Cin, here. I love my foam dummy, although she's been relegated to storage for some time now. Part of that MAY have been my memories of the hysterical laughter when my husband and I unboxed her. We spent about an hour admiring her excessive and, well PERKY boobage. He's not even a costumer but boy did we have fun about her! She's a pleasant thought on a dark day :) Corset her and she's fine for whatever era. Sure fitting is a pain, but isn't it always? == Marjorie Wilser =:=:=:Three Toad Press:=:=:= Learn to laugh at yourself and you will never lack for amusement. --MW http://3toad.blogspot.com/ On May 28, 2010, at 10:31 AM, Cin wrote: For all the whining about the foam dummies, I'd just like to make clear that they are heads shoulders grin bettter than any other option. It's not hard to bob the exaggerated bits. It took only minutes to change excess boobage into protrusive shoulderblades. I cant stick pins in my plaster cast dummy. He was however, free, so I keep him. Foam squeezes just a little more to reshape just a smidge when you want to try a new style of corsetry. Plaster, paper tape dummies deform the underlying body you're trying to model. Dial-a dummies are just plain inadequate for most people. Really, there's no other sensible option: get a foam dummy. Pad her out with ace bandages, give her a boob-lift with a stocking full of birdseed, buy several covers and do one each for your corseted, bullet-bra natural shapes,. Sew her an arm for a sleeve form pin it to the cover when you need it. They last for years! --cin Cynthia Barnes cinbar...@gmail.com Posted by: foureverfaire foureverfa...@yahoo.com foureverfaire Thu May 27, 2010 12:38 pm (PDT) Though i don't have a dress form myself, i have frirends that do and i've heard others talk about having the same challenge of having to cut down parts of the Uniquely You Dress forms. ___ 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
[h-cost] Dress forms
To the person who was enquiring about dressforms ( I'm sorry, I don't remember who it was and I've deleted the original post ) I can't say that I have any experience with the dressform about which you were asking about, but you might find these links interesting/useful, especially if you don't fall into 'the norm' in shape or size: http://www.mytwindressforms.com/ http://www.taunton.com/threads/pages/t2_p2.asp - there are 4 different versions to have a look at. Joannah. _ Sluggy.Net: The Sluggy Freelance Community! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] dress forms
I recently got a Uniquely You dress form, which is one of the squishy foam types that you zip into a cover. I got the medium size, which according to the numbers should have been the right fit for me, but it decidedly wasn't. The bust was about 4-5 inches too low--and my bust isn't unusually high--which meant that no matter how well I fitted the cover, it would never work. In order to make it useable, I had to split the thing into front and back halves, alter it from the inside, and glue it back together. I then made a completely new custom fitted cover that laced closed front and back, since the foam body was so big that the zipper on the included cover simply could not be closed when the cover fitted properly. When I first got the thing, I thought I should have gotten a small instead of a medium; however, if I had to do it all over again now, I'd skip it completely and go for one of the pad-to-size types like Fabulous Fit. After all my altering, the one I've got is a 98% perfect duplicate, but oy--I'm not sure it was worth all the effort. I'd eBay for it, though, because those are pretty expensive! -E House ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
Re: [h-cost] dress forms
Like Suzi, I have problems with adjustable stands - the gaps are *always* in the wrong places. That said, you can get some that have bits to cover the gaps, and they're fabulous (I used my Nana's to death when I was a kid). I do have an adjustable female form (small - medium) that I use occasionally, but I find myself more and more using solid ones (pinnable, and paddable), and padding them as necessary. A brand new professional solid dummy can cost quite a lot (as much as 800 pounds) - but you can get them second hand, and some shop display forms (the heavier duty kind) are quite acceptable for the kind of 'light' use most costumers put them through, which is nothing like what they'd get in a factory, (my male one even copes with padded armour). Quite a ot of shopfitting stores, etc have second hand ones (that's in the UK, but I can't see it being that much different over there). Ebay is also quite a good place for them, but find out what they're made from - avoid the cheap polystyrene kind like the plague - you'd really need the yellowy coloured moulded foam kind. Like Suzi, I obviously can't suggest a make or supplier, as shipping across the Atlantic is a bit pointless! ___ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
