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.

What you'll 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!

Requirements

No sewing experience needed, only some basic sewing tools are

sewing machine, needles (hand and machine), scissors, pins, marking pencil or chalk, iron and ironing board

Material list is provided for fabrics and other notions needed to complete the project

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 shearsRotary cutter (optional)Pinking ShearsPins, glass head heat resistantPattern Weights (optional)Marking ChalkHand-sewing needlesThread snipsSeam ripperSeam gaugeSteam Iron + ironing boardTailors hamTape measurePaper scissorsClear Scotch TapeI 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.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: Before You Start

Lecture 2 Paper Pattern Assembly (+ Pattern Download)

Section 3: Lessons

Lecture 3 Cutting Out the Pattern (+ Instructional PDF)

Lecture 4 Sewing the Body of the Form

Lecture 5 Sewing the Neck

Lecture 6 Filling and Finishing the Dress Form

Section 4: Additional Pattern Exercise

Lecture 7 One Piece Dress Block Flat Pattern Design Exercise

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