I'm doing a
Craftsy class that includes a lesson on making a duct tape dress form. As you cannot do it yourself, the instructor suggested "have a party!"
And so I did.
Four wonderful friends came around one Saturday afternoon last month (I packed the small boy off with my husband) and they wrapped me in duct tape.
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| Starting off. |
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At this stage I was getting woozy.
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| Doing the sleeves. |
Not long after we did the sleeves they cut it off me and we seem to have neglected pictures in favour of stuffing. While we did, we had a lively discussion about what to name my dress form and somehow we decided on Dame Esmeralda. I cannot quite recall all the conversational ramblings we took to get there.
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| Done! |
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| Dressing her up in one of my shirts. Very happy with the fit. |
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| Face off. |
There is something very confronting about seeing your body in a three dimensional likeness, especially when you are plus sized and not 100% happy with your body all the time.
Esmeralda is going to help me fit clothes that I'm sewing but also help me design a crocheted cardigan. I've never actually had a dress form before so I'm looking forward to it. If I was going to do this again I might wait til Winter (it did get uncomfortable) and I might consider a less shiny silver armour duct tape. But these are minor issues. Overall, a very successful afternoon's work and at least one of the others is pondering making her own.
It looks like fun! I'd rather love to have a dress form too, but I'll wait until I have room for one I think :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool experience! Despite having a million and one issues with my own body, too, part of me has always wanted to see my form in a similar way (perhaps something like life casting), too. I bet it feels pretty surreal when you look upon your body like that for the first time.
ReplyDeleteHappy sewing!
♥ Jessica