Building My Custom DIY Dress Form
Channel: Valerie Meachum
Date: 26/02/2021

The process of building my Bootstrap Fashion DIY Dress Form, including some individual tweaks I made along the way.

I probably should have picked something a little simpler for my first time documenting a full build on video, but we live and learn. :-D (Sorry about the focus issues!)

If you have any questions I didn't answer in the video, please drop them in the comments and I'll do my best to answer!

Relaxing Piano Improvisation by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5978-relaxing-piano-improvisation
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license


Product links...

Bootstrap Fashion dress form patterns - I used the Missy Fit DIY Dress Form and the DIY Arm, but there are also options for men, plus size, and buying the full size range instead of the individual custom fit.
https://patterns.bootstrapfashion.com/diy-dress-form-sewing-pattern.html

Top pattern
https://patterns.bootstrapfashion.com/fashion-designer-sewing-patterns-pajama-top.html


*Marking tools:*

Fusible woven cotton interfacing
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B088QSN5LH/

Marking pencils
https://www.dritz.com/product/water-soluble-marking-pencil/

Tracing wheel
https://www.dritz.com/product/tracing-wheel-2/

Tracing paper (used with wheel)
https://www.dritz.com/product/wax-free-tracing-paper/

Tailor's chalk
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N48NNPU/


*Other unusual supplies:*

12 mm diameter, 3 mm thick neodymium magnets - American Science and Surplus has been out of stock for a while, but I found the same size/type on Amazon; you could also easily use a larger size but the same thickness
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MYQV446/

6 pounds fiber fill
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N1UD94G/

IV Pole (forgot to mention in the video that I 100% stole the idea from Morgan Donner!)
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B000IDTD8O/

Wheels
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B087ZFZ758/