Saturday, May 8, 2010

Hurray, it's got a butt!!!

I finally received my custom dressform in the mail, the day before we left for Florida. How torturing was that? (If you'll remember from this previous post, it arrived back in March without a derriere, and I had to send it back to the manufacturer to be fixed.) The first thing out of my son's mouth after I dragged the heavy box inside was, "Does it have a butt?" Why yes, this one does! Here she is, no name as of yet.



I checked all of her measurements, and she is absolutely perfect on top, and just a little small on the bottom. It's hard to pinpoint because I currently can't try these clothes on and pinch out the ease, but I think my lower back is more padded then she is. At any rate, I certainly am not sending it back again. What a hassle.

I dressed her up all day yesterday - how fun! - with first putting her in one of my best fitting dresses.

You can see in the back how the fabric deflates right at and above the rear end. I'm thinking of buying a shapewear half slip and padding her up. Perhaps I could find some silicone butt enhancements to use. Any tips or suggestions?

She's already been put to good use. I put my recent yellow linen jacket on her to starch the collar. It had some weird rippling going on right at the front that I wanted to get rid of, and used the high-tech technique of stuffing rolled up socks under the collar and spraying it with starch.

Then she got to try on the sweater I started knitting while driving on vacation. The stitches I picked up along the neckline look terrible to my eye, and I'll be redoing that, but otherwise it's a perfect fit. Whew, that's always such a relief.

I'm sure you'll all want to know the details about it - where I got it from, price, experience, etc., but I'm holding off doing a full review until I get the final bill. This has indeed been a strange experience. I had to jump through a bunch of hoops to get her, but I totally think it was worth it.

19 comments:

  1. Can't wait to hear the details! I've been contemplating getting my own after I heard Mimi's recommendation. I even called Andy's to get the ball moving. I'll hold off on getting one until I read your info. I think it will be a big help because it seems like things worked a little "interest"n up there:)

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  2. Oh she looks good. I'll look forward to the details. In the meantime I need to unstuff my prior dressform a little more.

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  3. Nice butt. ;) She looks awesome.

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  4. What a cute rear end! LOL.

    As for butt enhancement, have you seen the Fabulous Fit stuff? (http://www.fabulousfit.com/) I haven't tried it myself, though, I don't have a dressform.

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  5. I'll be waiting patiently for your review... :-)

    I'm also shuddering at what kinds of searches are going to pull up your blog now. ;-)

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  6. cool! I just made a duct tape form last night (with the help of my honey), and going to stuff her today. Looking forward to hearing more about your form!

    Melanie
    MyMagicalJourney.com

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  7. She's lovely. I'm not in too much of a hurry to change mine out. But your's is very pretty.

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  8. Your shapewear comment jogged my memory. I can't recall who's blog I read it on but...a professional seamstress recommended creating a custom form by taking a custom fit muslin, placing it on the form and stuffing the areas that are loose with cotton batting. Neat idea.

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  9. Congrats on finaly getting her in one finnished piece. Looking forward to the full review, as I think I am ready for a Sookie upgrade (the name of my dressform). lol

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  10. When I was in school (my degree is in fashion design), we padded the waists and butts of dress forms by wrapping high-loft polyester batting around them. It sticks to itself pretty well, so you can wrap it tighter in the front and then leave it puffier in the areas you want to add to. Use multiple layers to add more volume. You can also just pin it on (at the sides) if you don't want to wrap it all the way around.

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  11. She looks pretty cute! I would really like one too.

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  12. You'll have lots of fun with her!

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  13. love your dress form!! I need a new one bad!!!!!!! Where did you get yours???

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  14. Oh my... how awesome! It looks like a lot of fun!

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  15. It's like playing dolls for adults - only WAY better! How fun. :) I'm interested to hear your final review of everything.

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  16. Thats an awesome dress form. have fun with it!

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  17. Hi, I just found your blog, again...long story. I love the blue (denim?) dress. Can you tell me what pattern # it is. Thanks and congrats.

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  18. UrbanJill - It's vogue 8409. The blog post is http://amandasadventuresinsewing.blogspot.com/2008/10/vogue-8409-denin-pleated-bodice-dress.html in case you're interested it that. Take care.

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  19. Thanks, I knew it looked familiar. Another pattern I must have.

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