Comments on: Help! I have a dress dummy! http://www.sempstress.org/2009/help-i-have-a-dress-dummy/ (costume & pattern geekery) Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:32:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: admin http://www.sempstress.org/2009/help-i-have-a-dress-dummy/comment-page-1/#comment-424 admin Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:41:12 +0000 http://www.sempstress.org/instructions/help-i-have-a-dress-dummy/#comment-424 Hey, Monique - I'm so glad you've found the site useful, and congrats on the dress dummy! Trust me, it's going to open a whole new world of pain .. er, I mean, costuming. ;) I really don't worry about having a shift when I fit a gown. I find that in the grand scheme of things, they don't change your dimensions much. (If they do, you need to work with flimsier materials!) Generally speaking, you can use your bodice pattern to make your corset -- add between 1/8th and 1/4" to each edge, to guarantee that the corset will be covered and that the bodice will have a little ease so it fits over the corset. And yes, I've considered writing a book, but I thought I was just being a total egomaniac. I shouldn't be encouraged on things like this.... melissa Hey, Monique – I’m so glad you’ve found the site useful, and congrats on the dress dummy! Trust me, it’s going to open a whole new world of pain .. er, I mean, costuming. ;) I really don’t worry about having a shift when I fit a gown. I find that in the grand scheme of things, they don’t change your dimensions much. (If they do, you need to work with flimsier materials!) Generally speaking, you can use your bodice pattern to make your corset — add between 1/8th and 1/4″ to each edge, to guarantee that the corset will be covered and that the bodice will have a little ease so it fits over the corset.

And yes, I’ve considered writing a book, but I thought I was just being a total egomaniac. I shouldn’t be encouraged on things like this….

melissa

]]> By: Monique http://www.sempstress.org/2009/help-i-have-a-dress-dummy/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Monique Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:37:35 +0000 http://www.sempstress.org/instructions/help-i-have-a-dress-dummy/#comment-416 I just got my plastic dial a size dummy last night as an early Christmas present. My husband couldn't believe he had agreed to go halvies on support what he likes to call my "tactics" so I don't have to do housework, etc. LOL Your instructions are incredibly detailed and a MAJOR help. You are my inspiration for making period costumes. I'm a beginner, but I'm a fast learner! This will enable me to get my Tudor 1540's gown fitted properly and finished now. I was stuck at an impass as I realized I had to make my farthingale, bumroll, (i have a corset), a shift AND a kirtle before I could properly fit my gown. So far, I have my farthingale almost done and my corset/bumroll completed. Your tutorial on making the bodice was also just what I needed to read. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Ever consider writing a book?? =) I know I'd buy a few copies for myself and my friends. Sincerely, A fan, Mo. I just got my plastic dial a size dummy last night as an early Christmas present. My husband couldn’t believe he had agreed to go halvies on support what he likes to call my “tactics” so I don’t have to do housework, etc. LOL

Your instructions are incredibly detailed and a MAJOR help. You are my inspiration for making period costumes. I’m a beginner, but I’m a fast learner! This will enable me to get my Tudor 1540′s gown fitted properly and finished now. I was stuck at an impass as I realized I had to make my farthingale, bumroll, (i have a corset), a shift AND a kirtle before I could properly fit my gown. So far, I have my farthingale almost done and my corset/bumroll completed.

Your tutorial on making the bodice was also just what I needed to read. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. Ever consider writing a book?? =) I know I’d buy a few copies for myself and my friends.

Sincerely,
A fan, Mo.

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