i’m a mummy
June 28, 2008
Last Friday, Uzi and I finally had time to make a dress form. He was in the mood because his class was just playing with papier-mache that morning.
I got the idea here but we did not follow the steps religiously. I let Uzi mummified me his way since, I figured, he must have learned something from Art class that day.
MATERIALS: Tight shirt. Paper tape. Water. Sponge. Electrical tape. Scissors.
All the images I used above are from Google. I did not put an image of a “tight shirt” because the image search yielded inappropriate results.
First, I had to find a tight shirt that I will no longer use. I used this white sleeveless number. It wasn’t that tight but I tucked it in my shorts so that it will conform to my body. I wore a bra. Yes, I cut my hair. Yes, it looks weird. Let’s move on.
Read the rest of the tutorial HERE.
nice!
Thankies :)
Such a great idea. And since it’s your measurements, it will work better than a (pricey!) store-bought dress form. I need one, but I don’t really see my husband participating in this, sadly.
i’m sure you can bribe him. :)
What a great idea and project. Pretty sure my husband won’t want involved either lol, but maybe I just won’t feed him until he helps. And what a perfect name! Lane was definitely the best character on the Gilmore Girls, especially towards the end! The painting looks really good as well. Great job!
Yep, food deprivation will work. :)
I love this! A really great idea! Thanks for sharing :)
i love your blog! Just stumbled upon it and love this idea! so cute and inspiring!
Just yesterday, I was trying to think of a way that I could make a true dress form for myself, and right away I thought maybe I could somehow use paper maché. I wasn’t even looking for this tutorial but came across it while searching for something else entirely! How weird is that? Anyhow, love the idea of the packing tape, FAR less messier than paper maché. I was also thinking to take it a step further and make it more easy to work on with less of a chance of it getting smooshed, how about filling in the neck and armholes from the inside with tape, and firmly stuffing it with polyester filling? I thought about plaster of paris, but it would be pretty heavy. But if you did fill it with plaster, you could do it with the form upside down, so you could insert a stick. After that is set, you could fill a 5-gallon bucket with plaster and then set the “mannequin” stick into the bucket. Then you could work freely with draping on the form. Another idea – and this could work only if you fill the form with plaster, make a spandex or neoprene cover to slide on top of the form so you could pin on it?
very nice idea! I want to know how you used the paper tape. Did you add water or it stuck by it self? I want to know the way?? And thanks.
Thank you so much for this! I’m a teen girl who loves to design clothes- but I didn’t have to money for a dress form. This should work great! Again, thank you! The instructions are easy to understand and the pictures help alot.
Thanks :]
You’re welcome. Make sure that you include your hips when you make your dress form ;)
wow.. very nice.. thanks for the info.
i saw something like this in the book subversive seamster (or something like that) i didnt make it because heavy duty packaging tape is sooo expensive but i got good idea from this post.. thanks a lot
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p.s. You have an awesome template . Where have you got it from?