What a dummy!

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This Saturday I was left to my own devices for the day because my better half was at work ((driving an ice cream truck! haha))
I've recently become obsessed with skirts and sewing in general, but have yet to make anything that successfully fits.
I've been looking for a dress form that I could buy, but couldn't find one in my price range
(( I'm broke ))
I remembered seeing a link somewhere, not sure if it was on here or another community, to a site about making a DIY dress form. I hunted it down and then set out to make one!
I got about 50 yards of duct tape and wrapped myself up.
My mother helped, in between laughing at me, do my back and shoulders.
I got the first layer and a half done before I ran out of tape and had to ask my Nana if she had any I could use.
She laughed too and asked what I was doing.
I told her I was making a dress form and she says to me, "oh, I have something for you than."
She goes to her room and comes out with a real dress form!
I took it, of course ;), but refuse to use it for myself, since I didn't wrap myself in tape and sweat for about 1.5 hours for nothing! :)





this is it all done.
filled up with cotton batting, I put in a Styrofoam base and some in the neck so I can stick my pins up there.
I also took apart a old non working lamp and used it as a stand.



The one boob is kinda depressed.. but I don't have much of a bust anyways! lol
I've already made a dress with it and it fits perfectly! :)