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DIY Dress Form // Copying My Corseted Form for Victorian Dress Sewing

By letter2self on April 16, 2023



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Have you always wanted a custom-to-your-body dress form? Or one that works with historical corsets and foundations? Duct Tape not quite what you’re looking for?
Make a beautifully pinnable form in just a week with Expanding Foam!

I learned much of this process from this tutorial (warning, blurry naked body): https://youtu.be/JybFk2TfJ5k

Bootstrap Custom sewn dress form patterns: https://patterns.bootstrapfashion.com/

Redthreaded’s Demo for Padding A Dress Form: https://youtu.be/TSynFz6-ZFM

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