Making Your Own Dress Form

For those of you who sew, you all know how much it would help if you had your own dress form. (To get the correct fit on my garments, I'm always trying-on my sewing projects inside-out, and getting stuck with pins while trying to look in the mirror while pining behind my back at the same time!) But Dress Forms are expensive! They can cost from $119 to $600 and even more. Here's a site that shows you 4 different ways to make your own dress form:

http://sewing.patternreview.com/cgi-bin/showdigest.pl?id=1017

If you want "the REAL thing", here's a super cheap pre-made dress form: (only $119)

http://www.allbrands.com/products/abp03900-1325.html

By Cyinda from near Seattle

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