Sew a Miniature Dress Form for Half-Scale Sewing
Introduction to half-scale sewing as a teaching tool and a beautiful display form for your future dress designs.
Ratings 4.00 / 5.00
What You Will Learn!
- Analyze paper sewing patterns for markings and their meaning
- Use a half-scale pattern to properly cut out fabric
- Understand the basics of sewing & construction
- Create a half-scale dress form you can use to display half-scale garments
- Includes Block Patterns to practice drafting your own patterns!
Description
Welcome to the Magic Mini Mannequin class!
My name is Britney, designer for Threadora Gowns. I create half-scale evening gown patterns and teach you modern and couture dressmaking skills in half the time and half the material cost.
Designing and sewing a garment in half-scale first gives you great practice and it's very freeing when you lose the pressure to please a client or stress about perfecting the fit. You allow yourself to focus on perfecting your skill, instead. As a solo fledgling designer, I found creating mock-ups very time-consuming and costly so I wanted to create dressmaking courses that solve that very problem.
This simple DIY version of a mini dress form is a replica of my half-scale draping form. It will introduce you to half-scale construction, and you’ll end up with a beautiful display form for your future Threadora dresses. The videos will show each step, while this is a beginner course, some prior knowledge of essentials like how to operate a sewing machine is recommended.
General Sewing Tools and Supplies:
Fabric shears
Rotary cutter (optional)
Pinking Shears
Pins, glass head heat resistant
Pattern Weights (optional)
Marking Chalk
Hand-sewing needles
Thread snips
Seam ripper
Seam gauge
Steam Iron + ironing board
Tailors ham
Tape measure
Paper scissors
Clear Scotch Tape
I hope you enjoy sewing this miniature form and flexing your creative muscle to come up with some unique prints and stands! I can't wait to see how you do.
Who Should Attend!
- For those new to sewing eager to increase their skill through the simplicity of half-scale design
- Previous students who want a display for their half-scale garments
