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Figure It Out:
An Exploratory Guide to Padding a Dress Form as Your Body Double
by Brooks Ann Camper
Includes 50+ pages and 150+ photos for just $15!
Make your shape!
Want to know how to DIY your very own custom body double dress form? Know and love my long-form, highly-detailed, step-by-step blog posts detailing the couture process, but always want even MORE?
My DIY Dress Form ebook might be a great fit for you!
In addition to everything in the free Condensed Guide, learn more about:
- Me (Brooks Ann Camper!), my background, and my unconventional sewing style
- My previous process and how you inspired me to come up with new no-numbers methods
- Advantages to sewing for yourself
- The difference between custom sewing, fashion sewing and home sewing
- Ways to break free of “sizes”
- Following my padding journey step by step
- Self-sculpting tips and techniques
- Advantages of padding over other methods
- Dozens of custom padded examples to match real bodies
- The necessary tools and supplies – including how to make some unique DIY tools
- Optional tools and supplies and why you might choose to use them too
- Choosing the undergarments and footwear for your self-sculpting session
- Choosing the best form for padding your shape – regardless of the size, age, or gender the manufacturer used to label the form
- Choosing your best base size– including examples and options for “plus-sized” and “petite” bodies
- Types of dress forms – focusing on my favorite kind and what I love about it
- What “collapsible shoulders” offer you
- Where I found my forms and how much I paid for them
- The story behind how I chose which form would become my “body double”
- The type of padding I prefer – plus alternate padding options and examples
- How much padding and how many pins I used
- How I changed the height of my form to be shorter than standard
- How to work with photos instead of measurements
- Examples of moving bust placement and waist placement via padding
- Why circumference measurements can be deceiving (and what to do about it)
- Understanding where the padding goes and where the form fits inside your body’s silhouette.
- Strategies to duplicate your posture with your custom form
- How and why to work “from the top down”– including how to duplicate your shoulder slope
- What to do if you get stuck
- A tap dance intermission!!!
- Following my journey as I make an optional adjustable cover step by step
- My fabric preference for making a cover
- Examples of custom covers I’ve made for others – both on and off the form
- Examples and inspirations for different ways to use your body double dress form
- Links to blog posts and additional photos for further research
- Plenty of pep talks and side stories
- And more!
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Figure It Out:
An Exploratory Guide to Padding a Dress Form as Your Body Double
by Brooks Ann Camper
Includes 50+ pages and 150+ photos for just $15!
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