Dress Form

Loyal Readers,

Good afternoon. Lets pretend it's Monday and that I'm totally caught up with my blog...

...So, the dress I'm making I had to put a halt on. It's far too big, and sizing it on myself is really difficult. I could ask my mom for help, but I'm too proud and she'd critique. Also I really want/need to learn to make dresses on my own. How do I size on myself without going outside of my body, or trying to use a mirror?

Ladies and gents, I need a dress form.

But lets face it, I don't have the money for BSSB which is considerably less money than a dress form (they're upwards of 300-400 dollars for a good one). Am I doomed to never be able to make dresses that look good on me? Whatever shall I do?

And that my dears is where duct tape comes in. Why spend 400 dollars on a dress form when you can make one for 20 dollars? And that's exactly what I'm going to do. Apparently, all I need is a buddy, 2-3 rolls of 60 yrd duct tape, a long tee-shirt/dress/shorts and a top, cardboard, news paper, and a stand of some sort (which could be a lamp stand, a PVC pole and some wood, a mic stand...et cetera. This should make dress making and even designing much, much easier.

I'll be getting on that tomorrow. And more than likely, I'll take pictures. I might even post them...