Woven Fabric Cover for Paper Half-Scale Dress Form or Stuffed Half Scale Dress Form This pattern is designed to be sewn from sturdy non-stretch fabric. It can either be used as a cover for the paper dress form I designed, or stuffed and used to make a dress form.
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5/8 yard (. m! woven fabric " feet (. m! narrow ribbon or cord #/8 yard (.# m! fusib$e interfacing
If you are making a stuffed dress form you wi$$ a$so need% •
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&crap of corrugated cardboard Ta$$ s$im vase with a wide base or other stand to mount the dress form on
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'abric g$ue
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&tuffing
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'abric scraps to ro$$ up for stuffing the neck
Instructions #. rint pages pages ) through through #* of this this document on 8 + ## ## or si0e si0e paper. paper. If you are printing to an ink1et printer, set the print 2ua$ity to the highest setting to ensure the vertica$ sca$ing is correct. rint at #334 of norma$ si0e. To do this in dobe crobat eader, in the rint window set the age &ca$ing to 6one. The border on each page wi$$ measure 7 by #3 (#7.8 cm by "5. cm! when printed to the correct sca$e. ". ut on the the borders and tape pages ) to to ## and #3 #3 to #", matching matching borders and a$ignment a$ignment marks. *. If you wi$$ be be using this pattern pattern to make make a stuffed stuffed dress dress form, skip to step step . This pattern was designed to fit my paper ha$f-sca$e dress form covered with a sing$e $ayer of kraft paper tape. These were the measurements of my form% #7 7/8 (5.5 cm! bust, #* */ (*5 cm! waist, and #8 #/8 ( cm! hip. The measurements on your form may be different. If your dress form measures significant$y $arger than this, you shou$d a$ter the pattern. In the bust area, add to the side front seams and side back seams to increase the measurement. In the waist and hip area, you can add to the side front seams, side back seams, and side seams. 9 "3# :ei$a ;anaster 1
. ut out the paper pattern pieces. 5. 'use a * + () cm! ta$$ by 8 ("3 cm! wide piece of interfacing to the wrong side of a piece of fabric. ut out the <;=:> =?> and 6>@ T= pieces from this piece of interfaced fabric. . ut the rest of the pieces from fabric or interfacing as indicated on the pattern pieces.
7. 'use the '=6T 6>@:I6> I6T>'I6A and B@ 6>@:I6> I6T>'I6A to the C> '=6T and B@. 8. &ew the C> '=6T to :=D> '=6T. $ip inner curves and the press seams open. 6ote% $$ seam a$$owances are #/ ( mm!.
). &ew C> &IE> '=6T to :=D> &IE> '=6T. $ip inner curves and press seam open.
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#3. >ase stitch the C> &IE> '=6T pieces between notches. &ew the side front seams. $ip inner curves. 6otch the outer curve over the bust. ress seams open.
##. &ew the center front seam. ress the seam open.
#". &ew B@ to &IE> B@. $ip inner curves and press the seams open.
#*. &ew the center back seam. ress the seam open.
#. If you are making a suffed dress form% &ew both side seams comp$ete$y. $ip inner curves on side seams and press the seams open. If you are making a dress form cover% &ew one side seam. =n$y sew */ (" cm! of the upper end of the other side seam. $ip inner curves on both side seams. ress under #/ ( mm! a$ong the edges of the open side seam.
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#5. 'or a stuffed dress form, skip to step #. If you are making a dress form cover% Baste the pressed seam a$$owances in p$ace on the open side seam.
#. &ew the shou$der seams. ress the seams open.
#7. $ip into the armho$es a$most to the stitching $ine. $ips shou$d be about */8 (# cm! apart.
#8. in the <;=:> =?> pieces into the armho$es.
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#). =?> facing down on the sewing machine. emove the basting stitches. In the seam a$$owance, stitch again #/# (#.5 mm! away from the first stitches. Trim the armho$e seams c$ose to the outer stitching $ine. 'inish the seams with 0ig-0ag stitches.
"3. &ew the center back seam on the 6>@. ress the seam open.
"#. in, then hand baste the 6>@ T= onto the upper edge of the 6>@.
"". @ T= facing down. emove basting stitches. In the seam a$$owance, stitch again #/# (#.5 mm! away from the first stitches. Trim the seam c$ose to the outer stitching $ine. 'inish the seam with 0ig-0ag stitches.
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"*. $ip into the neck opening a$most to the stitching $ine. $ips shou$d be about */8 (# cm! apart.
". Turn the neck right side out, then insert it into the neck opening, matching center back seams. Baste the seam.
"5. Turn the dress form cover right side out. =n the $ower edge, stitch down the $ast # #/8 (* cm! of a$$ of the seam a$$owances. 6ote% The pictures be$ow show the dress form cover option.
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". Turn up and press */ (#.) cm! on the $ower edge, then press up #/ ( mm! on the edge.
"7. &titch */8 (# cm! from the fo$ded edge to form a casing. If you are making a stuffed dress form, $eave an opening on one side of the casing. Insert ribbon or cord into the casing using a safety pin or bodkin.
"8. 'or a stuffed dress form, skip to step *3. If you are having troub$e getting the seams to stay pressed open, especia$$y in the bust area, baste the seam a$$owances in p$ace before you put the cover on the form. ut the cover on the dress form. ;and sew the side seam c$osed. emove the basting stitches.
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"). u$$ the ribbon or cord tight and tie the ends together.
If you are making a dress form cover, you are done. The remaining steps are for making a stuffed dress form.
*3. If you want to keep the neck and armho$es from bowing out, cut pieces of cardboard to fit the neck top and armho$e areas and g$ue them on the inside with fabric g$ue. (I didnFt do that in the pictures be$ow, and you can see the armho$es pushed out a bit.! *#. o$$ up scraps of fabric into a firm cy$inder that wi$$ fit into the neck. Take a few hand stitches in it to keep it from unro$$ing. Insert it into the neck.
*". I found that a combination of fabric scraps and po$yester fiber fi$$ worked we$$ for stuffing the dress form. &tuff it about ha$fway fu$$.
**. Insert a vase or other stand into the center, then stuff around it. u$$ the drawstring tight around the stand and tie it.
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I N G A C E R F E A T I N A R S E E D F U A D H S T O
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