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- From: lindam@tardigrade.Eng.Sun.COM (Linda McAllister)
- Newsgroups: rec.crafts.textiles
- Subject: Re: advice: dressmaker's dummy
- Date: 18 Nov 1992 21:27:34 GMT
- Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
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- References: <1992Nov10.002808.26482@informix.com> <carolyn.721423779@bucket> <tamitha.721581674@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
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- In article <tamitha.721581674@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> tamitha@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Tamitha Carpenter) writes:
- >
- >If you can find one of the older styles of dress forms, it would
- >solve that problem. My mom has one, and it's basically a bunch
- >of semi-flexible black wires, hooked together forming diamonds,
- >which in turn form a torso and hips. It has snaps up the front
- >and back, and you put it on (it's terribly uncomfortable, even
- >over a leotard) and fit it to yourself. When your body shape
- >changes, you just repeat the process. The one my mom has is
- >called "my double", but I'm pretty sure that company now makes
- >the silly dial-a-body forms that fit patterns, not people.
- >
- I'll second that. While it does sort of look like a low-budget medieval torture
- instrument (a Chicken-wire Maiden?), it fits just about any shape. What's more,
- it can be loaned to all sizes and shapes of friends, and readjusted in minutes.
- It's not as easy to pin material to it as some of the newer styles, but it
- can be done. I haven't had any problems with fabric snagging on the wires yet.
-
- I remember seeing ads for them in the late 60s, but I've never seen a new one.
-
- >I don't know where you'd find one, except by haunting yard sales
- >and second-hand stores. Good luck.
-
- A co-worker found one for me in a thrift shop. Best $7 I ever spent on sewing
- supplies.
-
- If you ever find one for sale, buy it, even if you don't want it. You
- can always find someone willing to take it off your hands.
-
-
- lm
-