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
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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
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
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
I have Uniquely You. It is good, BUT I wish I had bought a smaller size.
Then I could have padded it up to my corseted size. I find that even if I
put my corset on it, it doesn't squish enough. If I had gotten a smaller
sized one and padded it out with fiberfill, then covered it, it would have
Fran complained about modern irons.
Amen, Sistah! Not to mention the handles that have a sharp seam
EXACTLY where it will chafe a sore spot onto your thumb if you need to
iron for longer than it takes to touch up a permapress blouse you forgot
in the dryer overnight. And what is it with
I have a Rowenta now, and I like it much better than my previous iron.
The auto shut off feature is not nearly as annoying simply because the iron
heats up so fast!
I wouldn't mind the inactivity cut-off, if you could disable it for sewing
sessions. The last thing in the world I need is an
Mine is still wearing most of what she had on the last time this
question got asked. rueful grin The pirate shirt awaiting buttonholes
is now on top. Most of the current action is from the mending baskets.
Several snaggy neckties fixed, an embroidered blouse's unruly facing
tacked down,
The Vermont Country Store carries the Black Decker Classic. I've
loved the Classic for many years, and when my old one died, that was the
first replacement I ordered. And returned after a few days of earnest
trial. It leaked like crazy, and there was something seriously wrong
with the
If we can whine about how things ain't like they usta be, has anyone
else noticed that most elastic does not last as long as it used to?
I've been fixing all these skirts with elastic waists that just died
after a few months, and I wasn't even wearing them much.
Fran
Lavolta Press
My very favorite steam iron ever was made by Norelco, but then they quit making
irons.
Ann Wass
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The Vermont
Maybe Amazon Drygoods.
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Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:21 PM
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Subject: [h-cost] %$#* irons!
Fran complained about modern irons.
Amen,
I have a Westinghouse that changes color depending on the temp. This is
really good, as my last iron, while on low overheated and I melted a seam!
Sharon C.
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Behalf Of Lavolta Press
Sent: Sunday,
When my Bernette ProGlide iron died a couple years ago (and I really
liked that one), I replaced with with the classic BD and had the exact
same experience, Fran. It was useless and went straight back.
I know you don't prefer modern irons, but I've been very happy with my
Reliable v100, for
And what is it with the spitting dripping?
Just had a revelation--they spit and drip before they get hot enough to
generate steam, and, as they keep shutting off, then they have to keep heating
up again.
I have sometimes thought about getting a gravity-fed iron, with a separate
water
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