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What dedication! Way to go! 😊❤

Interesting...I had to do multiple surgeries on my dress form too, mainly due to my seam allowance mistakes. However, having completed it once I'd do the process again. Thanks for sharing your process.

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This is awesome! Thank you. 🎉

Very Helpful! Thanks so much! ♥

This was a fun and enlightening video. I'm happy that you included the things you had success with and also the things that had to be altered. "Performing surgery" is something I am all too familiar with. Plus, you're super cute. Thanks for sharing!

This is actually the very first bootstrap dress form that I see is the closest fit to its owner, well done, great job with the redrafting and I think it looks awesome as it is!! 😇 I recently purchased a missy fit pattern from them and mine is completely messed up, the measurements I typed in are nowhere to be found on the actual pattern. I wrote an email to them asking for help. No one responded.. so I ended up redrafting the whole thing from scratch. It's not the money I spent on this pattern, it's the time and headache, that I ordered this product so I don't have to draft a pattern on my own. Anyways, just because I'm disappointed with the service and product that doesn't mean everybody else should be, and I'm genuinely happy to see that other sewers are happy and satisfied with their new custom dress form. Happy sewing! 🙂

У нас одинаковый размер!

Привет! Как можно купить у тебя такую штуку! Я тоже хочу шить по такому манекену!

OMG! That is spectacular!

👍👍🥀🌹🙏🙏

I'm still a beginner, so may I ask what the black part on your fabric is? You said you used muslin, rigth? And is the black stuff interfacing? THe instructions call for 2 layers of fabric and then interfacing, but I was wondering if you could get away with just using a very stury upholstery type fabric for the outer layer and then have some woven, single-sided fusible interfacing on that.. But I'm also confused as to whether I should then do it like you, and leave the seam allowance free of interfacing or cover the whole pattern pieces, because I assume that the seams also need reinforcement to not stretch out over time? But idk if that wouldn't become too bulky & hard to sew..

No entendí como hiciste la costura hundida que está en la 2da línea (en la parte de la caída de hombro, donde pusiste el cartón) gracias por compartir tu trabajo. Saludos desde Jalisco, México.

Disculpa el papel que usas para trazar es especial? Y en dónde se consigue y con qué nombre. Gracias por compartir tu trabajo. Felicidades, saludos desde Jalisco, México.

subtítulos porfa.

Absolutely stupendous! Amazing! Darling wording about “operating.” I want one too. Am not sure I am as brilliant as you.

You did an outstanding job. But that seems like a lot of work

Thank you for opening up yourself, your body and your talent as well as mistakes and fixes. I really enjoyed it. Ballpark idea on time to make this, excluding setbacks for mistakes??

Omg thank you! I have been wanting to make one of these and finally looked it up. Your video is hands down the best and most helpful. You’re great🙌

Thanks for the tutorial on the dress form. I really like how you altered it for your body, it makes me feel like I could also make this. I have the pattern cut out, I will also do a lot of measuring while I put it together. I like the shirt you made, it fits you well. Great job Erika

Thanks for the video, Erika. I've been considering the bootstrap fashion pattern for the past couple of years. It was good to hear your realistic experience!

A regular electric kitchen knife works great for cutting foam.

Thanks for this. My high hip is also widest. It looks great. I am so impressed with the silhouette of the form. You inspired me. I didn't think I could get my shape but you did it. I am ordering mine tomorrow:-))

I absolutely love this, thank you so much for the help!

Thank you so much for this, I am doing the dress form as we speak and I never knew "I wanted an arm" till I found your video. Gracias!

WOW!!! Erika how long did it take you? Your work is just beautiful! Thanks for sharing your amazing work, was very satisfying to watch.

I have been watching a few bootstrap diy videos and your video definitely helped me the most! I love the way you filmed the construction...clean, crisp and clear! Thank you for this video!

Yeah, I looked up the Bootstrap dress form and, unless I misunderstood something, certain body measurements have a min-max range that you have to fall within. This is just an fyi for people that might fall outside of some of the ranges like I did. So I'm planning on the duct tape method, but will glue some felt by the yard on the outside to make it look better and give a place to stick pins without getting the tape adhesive on them.

That turned out really well. I like how you tell us that you had to unstuff her, remeasure, and readjust to get it just right.

Ive seen several videos on this pattern. You did the best job of explaining and showing the steps and I really appreciate you talking about the modifications you needed to make. She looks great and the blouse you made fits so well!

Great job!

very nice tutorial! your dress form turned out great. thanks for sharing, i'm going to make mine soon :-)

What a great video and you did a wonderful job making that dress firm. That was work!

Very helpful, thanks!

It looks great. It sure doesn't look like it was fun to make. lol But then you are probably a great sewer & it was easy for you. Doesn't look like someone a novice sewer would find easy to make but I am not sure.

so did you make a outfit with it yet

Wow. You are impressive. You have quite an eye!

I’m midway through my own dress form, so this is helpful. I’m already thinking my form will need a small patch job as I had to make some adjustments to get the bust height and fullness how I wanted, but now it’s kind of pigeon breasted in the middle, so I think I inadvertently took out a bit of the midchest distance in my process, so I may have to add a bit there and possible take some off the sides to get the bust placement correct again. Glad to see I’m not the only one who had a bit of fabric surgery involved. It looks like you did a splendid job. I hope mine comes out as well.

Looks cute! I didn't know that muslin would work. First time i tried that, used duck cloth - that was way too rigid.

If you use E6000 on something that can't lie flat with no tension, you can track it in place with a hot temp glue gun to hold until the E6 dries/cures overnight. :-)

Can you show u making a dress using your new dress form?

Thank you for posting this Erika! I thought this would be too difficult so I wasn't really considering it. Now that I've watched your video I will think more seriously about it!

You are so talented (and patient)! That purse is gorgeous! I can't wait to see what you sew next!

Great job- thank you for demonstrating how this is made.

Gorgeous colors! You work so steadily on this it is difficult to see how it is done. Could you make a how tovideo?

You did a wonderful job putting this dress form together, especially showing the interior panel for the pole. I just watched Pocket Full of Poseys make her dressform from Bootstrap, aand she used an old plastic dress form to fill up the inside, then stuffed to her measurements. Both are very nice.

Wow! You did a great job!

I love it!!! Congrats you definitely got it

Wowwwwww

Thanks for this, I watched another video about the bootstrap pattern and the bust line bothers me as I have big boobs but they're quite high up if that makes sense? Anyway. Loved the video and subscribed, thanks!