#The foundation fill me up buttercup full#

The final piece was sliding Debra back on the pole and making sure she was 5-feet-5 (approximately my height).Īnd, all along the way, I took Debra’s measurements (upper bust, full bust, waist, and hip) to make sure I wasn’t adding too much or too little fill. The pad makes sliding easier and protects my sewing room’s (new!) hardwood floor. The next step was to hot glue cotton quilt batting from my stash to the bottom of the wood stand platform. Here’s a mostly pictorial journey of how I restuffed Debra with poofy poly filling. A reduction in mass and addition of a slippery, floor-friendly stand pad were just what the doctor ordered. The dress form needed to be easier to use, which mainly called for making her more moveable.

I used Debra to develop my 26/28 D-range block for knit tops - the block off which the Cass T-shirt and its hacks were designed. She was unwieldy.Ĭheck out these stats: Restuffing Debra: By the Numbersĭebra dropped 14 pounds - a 39 percent reduction.īecause my DIY dress form was nearly too heavy to move, I wasn’t using this important tool to its maximum potential. I couldn’t pick her up or move her across my floor with ease. Turns out that because poly fluff is mostly AIR, it’s LIGHT. Yay, fabric scraps!īut, Debra’s majority-waste-fabric stuffing made her heavy. New poly fill can get expensive, and this was an inexpensive and eco-friendly solution. When I first stuffed Debra, I used a little polyester fill and a lot of fabric scraps and old clothes from my sewing room waste bin.

Made-to-measure dress form sewing pattern for male bodies.

Made-to-measure dress form cover sewing pattern (so you can pad out an existing dress form).

#The foundation fill me up buttercup plus#

Dress form sewing patterns in standard plus sizes 16-28.

Dress form sewing patterns in standard misses sizes 2-14.

Made-to-measure dress form sewing pattern for misses (the misses version of what I made).

For the record, Bootstrap offers more than plus-sized dress form sewing patterns. If you’re a garment sewist who’s serious about expanding her me-made wardrobe, a dress form is worth your consideration. I love my dressmaker’s mannequin from Bootstrap, and I wrote a review about sewing a DIY dress form. These are Debra’s dimensions for Sie Macht’s size 26/28D (my block for plus-sized pattern development it’s in the middle of the plus sizes): You send Bootstrap a bunch of body dimensions for your desired dress form, and Bootstrap’s computers (beep boop bop 💻) send you a sewing pattern for a DIY dress form.

#The foundation fill me up buttercup pdf#

(My B-range (misses) dress form is still unnamed I want a B name from another song - any suggestions?)ĭebra is a custom-sized PDF sewing pattern from Bootstrap Fashion. I wanted a name that started with D because she’s the block size for Sie Macht’s D-range (plus) sizes. This goddess of a dress form is called Debra, after Beck’s iconic song of the same name. Thank you for your support! 💙 Background on the Dress Form

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#The foundation fill me up buttercup how to#

I hope you get inspired and learn a thing or two about where to find and how to use slightly unconventional materials. Sewists are problem solvers at heart, so I think you’ll vibe with my adventure. It’s a story of procrastination, sustainability, saving money, and ingenuity. This time you get the tale of why and how I restuffed the H-E-A-V-Y homemade dress form with thrifted polyester filling. I’m back again with the reader-favorite DIY dress form.