On St. Patrick's Day I was given a dress-form from my brother and sister-in-law. I mentioned in an earlier post that I was hoping to save up for one, so this came as a most beautiful and unexpected surprise.
For the first few days I could only stare at it in wonder. Then I thought I'd better try it out. So I bought some padding and tried to make it more fitting to my shape.
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| Isn't it a beauty? |
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| This is before I properly padded the form, but with my mock-up/ top layer of my 18th century stays tried on. |
While I am sewing up the layers of my 18th century stays, however, I have already put my new dress-form to another use: to better fit my bib-front Regency gown. I've done some work on the skirt, but need to pick apart that ghastly, loose bodice entirely!
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| The dress-form padded & with my short-stays on, over which I've put my dress. |
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| I'll keep you posted - hopefully this dress will look a lot better the next time you see it! |
What a thrill. You'll learn more and more how to use it with experimentation and practice. How generous your sister-in-law and brother were!
ReplyDeleteThat's great! I bet that dress form has already been an immense help for you. I can't wait to see your dress after you fix it!
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