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| Elona | 3/13/06 | Cool, Agnes. Getting to know your own body this way gave you a fine result. |
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| Lorna C. Newman | 3/13/06 | Great review! I love the idea ... eBay is a great source for those dial dress forms .. always lots on auction for great prices! |
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| cindyann | 3/13/06 | Wow, great idea. |
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| Ceri590 | 3/13/06 | That seems much easier than the duct tape method! Thanks! |
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| Sew'n'go | 3/13/06 | Most interesting. Thank you for all the details in your review. You've explained the process beautifully. Victoria |
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| Hilary | 3/13/06 | What a great idea!! Thanks so much for posting this, I'd never even thought of looking for a second hand dressform, I am going to try this! (well someday :o) ) |
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| Sew4Fun | 3/13/06 | Wonderfully helpful review, thanks! |
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| Kathi Rank | 3/13/06 | Great idea .... with your instructions I bet even I can do it. Thanks. |
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| marie williams | 3/13/06 | Love this idea, I have to try it. I also own Pattern Master Boutique. |
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| Jane S | 3/14/06 | Agnes, thank you for such detailed instructions. I'm looking forward to doing this myself on a dressform sitting in my basement. |
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| Georgene | 3/14/06 | You could do this with any fitting shell that you have made with any method - store bought pattern from Vogue, or other pattern company - or self-drafted from instructions. Great idea! This is essentially how they create the client dressform in Haute Couture. |
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| melgosews | 3/14/06 | What a good idea! I had similar thoughts before I made my duct tape double, but a girl could use another and I have a form just like yours from my mother's stash. Thanks! |
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| Albyn | 3/14/06 | Brilliant! I hate my form, which lools a lot like yours. When I get back home to Canada after wintering in California I will head the sewing room for some much needed sewing therapyNow I plan on beginning with a copy of your idea. It looks so great!! |
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| ncegbu | 3/24/06 | I bought a 3/4 (has a bum & thighs) "Fabulous Fit" form with the foam pads for a really good sale price because they were discontinuing that particular model. It is so *not* my size (not even close) and never will be even if I waste away to just bones, but I had planned to pad it out using batting and that chair pad foam cut to shape for areas that need more substantial padding like the bust, stomach and hips/thighs. Reading your review has been very helpful in refining my plan for my form's transformation. Thanks for the review! |
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| Learn To Sew | 5/9/06 | Impressive. I learned more about padding my dressform from reading your review. It looks like you added extra padding over a bra? Interesting idea. I loved the idea of basting a zipper in on the wrong side and then prefecting the fit, taking it back out and sewing it up. Great review. |
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| Debe | 5/10/06 | Thank you so much for this review! It's a great idea and something that sounds simple enough that I might actually be able to accomplish! I have one of the big 4 pattern fitting shells, so I think I'll give this a try. |
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| Beth Pierce | 6/6/06 | Great review and exellent results. I'll save this in my file when I build mine. |
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| WJean | 7/25/06 | Agnes, I just asked recently in another electronic forum how to do what you have described in your review. Thanks a lot for sharing this information. I too thought it would be less costly to not purchase a form (again), or wrap yourself in plastic, paste and other goo, but to redevelop an existing one, which I plan to do in the AM while it's cool outside. I am excited about this upcoming project and more excited about better-fitting clothes after they are made.
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| So So | 5/29/07 | What a great Idea! now to find a 2nd hand dressform! |
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| boppingbeth | 6/5/07 | Cool idea--never thought of using PMB to create a 'double' but it is great! |
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| Kirstenw | 8/17/08 | Through Kay Y I read this advice. I am also going to use my PMB sloper, take out the ease and make the little adjustments. A double me will really help. |
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| Beth Pierce | 1/19/09 | Great review and exellent results. I'll save this in my file when I build mine. |
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| Beth Pierce | 1/19/09 | Great review and exellent results. I'll save this in my file when I build mine. |
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| katie lynne | 7/21/09 | I'm glad this review is still here. As Henry Gibson would say, "Very interesting..." (remember Laugh-In?) What an outstanding solution to put a zipper in the shell. You're brilliant! Thanks for taking the time to document this. :o) |
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