Padding a Dress Form for Your Size
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- In this Fashion School with Nick Verreos video, Nick shows you how to size up your dress form according to your size needs. By using his Tips & Tricks, Nick customizes the size of his dress form with the specific placement of shoulder pads.
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I work at a high school theater and I have to fit lots of different sized girls. We only have one dress form but we have loads of shoulder pads. This is an excellent solution! Since it's something that I have to do often, I'll probably add some Velcro to the backs of the pads so I can take them on and off of the form easily.
Paije Peri Good idea
Thread magazine has a article about making a dress form to fit multi people. It's basically a dress form skin tight dress with zip down back, that is padded out with batting for quilting, and then a second dress that fits that size sewn over it connected at the neckline and down both sides of the back to the zip edges. You make them for all the sizes you need and just zip the one you need over the form as needed. For theater this is much more practical.
@@kimwilliams5165 brilliant!! saves a lot of time i imagine
Brilliant!
Brilliant!!
Nick, I loved the way that you addressed the sizing issue, a sensitive matter for most women. I especially liked how you brought up your mom’s size, ‘she is not a size four’, very tactfully, and of course, lovingly, you are a class act. Thanks for the video.
Ive had my own sewing and design shop from home for 4 years. I have learned so much from you and you have helped me fine tune my skills!! Thank you for your videos!!!
Now I can use all those pads I had left over from the 80’s.
LOL!
😂😂
Right...😁
You are an absolute legend. I've watched a few videos on fitting a dress form, and yours is by far the most concise I've found. I'm gonna be deep diving the rest of your content for sure
I would probably do a combo of the pads..and batting. All those areas between the pads needs to be filled in. Plus--he mentions nothing about how to cover the form for easier draping once you've sized it. Using a leotard is always great. You just have to cut open the crotch if it's not a snap closure.
batting is also fierce
What is a leotard??
@@Pancracias1 Its basically a 1 piece swimsuit that ballet dancers wear.
GREAT Idea, about the leotard, Thanks!🙂
You are so amazing Nick! You make things easy to understand and for a beginner, that's so awesome!
Exactly how I feel... Love him!!!
Thank you, this is the first channel that actually shows HOW to pad the dress form/mannequin. They say just stuff it with poly fill which does not work.
1 min in and you're my best friend. Your personality is infectious! Love'n it!!!
I am sooooo addicted to your videos!!!!!!!!!!! I can't thank you enough!!!!!!!
Wow thanks so much this is the easiest way of padding I've seen by far. Glad I watched this one, great channel.
You made it look so easy! Thank you for eliminating my worries.
This is genius!! 👏🏻👏🏻💎I just bought myself a professional dress form in size 4 and wondered how I could account for larger sizes. Thank You!!!
Hi Nick! Thank you for posting this! I so appreciate it. I'm going to try this on my dress form. I bought a size that is smaller than what I am now.
Nick - you are hilarious !! I've just found your channel and as someone who apparently hasn't got "average proportions" clothes wise I've had to tailor almost EVERYTHING I own FOR EVER - mainly through trail and error - your tutorials are a godsend, thank you so much.
I am in amazement when I see your videos, I always have an "a-ha!" moment! Congrats! from Mexico
hello, i live in Mexico 5 months a year, do you have an address for a nice supply store. thanks.
Hi Nick I have been watching your videos they are amazing I have learn so much from you thank you
Thank you so much! This has helped me immensely trying to make a cheap "adjustable" mannequin fit my imperfect figure. Love you!
I*CONIC (In my JoanTheScammer Voice) Lol I LOVE THESE VIDEOS. I COULD REMEMBER WATCHING YOU ON PROJECT RUNWAY AS A TEEN. YOU INSPIRED ME TO GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL AND YOU INSPIRED ME TO TEACH ONE DAY. THANK YOU NICK. YOU ARE THE BEST.
Quick and easy! Never thought of using shoulder pads.
LOVE you, Nick!!!! Been rooting for you since "Project Runway"!!!! 💕💕💕✨✨✨
I just won one of these dress forms in half size. I'm so excited! I can drape and fit AND save materials on mock up! It's going to also force me to do patterns electronically. Which is good!
Thank you! I am new to sewing and I love this; had no clue you could self-customize a mannequin. Fabulous!
Nick your awesome I wish you had a live class
Thanks Nick!!! It surely is a blessing to have found your channel. Hugs
I just bought a dress form and needed to add 3/4th of an inch to the chest and 1.5 inch to the waist. I found it really difficult to drape smoothly once the padding was added, although it's easy and enjoyable for me to drape on the form without the padding. It's really stressing me out, and making me regret not buying a size up. This was such a big investment for me. Do you have any tips on how to work with a padded dress form?
Edit : let me be honest. I read some comment here about how the space between pads needed to be filled and ended up looking at other TH-cam videos, I shouldn't have. Just add the pads, do nothing else, and it works absolutely fine. Anything more complicated actually seems harder to work with. I now only use pads with a silky smooth service and it works fabulously
You can create a lining for the manequin made of stretchy jersey and you put it on the padded manequin!
@@briosapatterns3949 I am doing the same thing...I plan to buy a leotard to put over it to smooth it out.
Would you consider it's best to have different mannequin sizes? Or just get a small size and then pad? I bought a size 36 and I'm kinda regretting it... I could have just bought a smaller one and then pad it... 😓
Sticky iron on interlining and steam over the top to compress it, or a stretch cover. Ive seen the interlining look better. Taylor the interlining like the original cover though for a better result. There's a vid. Best buying the right size first.
This was really helpful. Best teacher ever
Thank you 😊, I enjoy watching your videos because they are so informative...... the form has my exact size. 34,25,35.
Hi Nick Verreos ..thanks for sharing your wonderful work you are so talented i am inspired by your beautiful job .
Nick, I love your enthusiasm for teaching, you make it fun. I have learned quite a few tips and tricks from you. Thank you for sharing. Love you......
Good demonstration thank you so much🙏
I have one of those expandible dress forms that I bought about 12 years ago. Body sizes definitely are never alike, and the form only adjusts so much. I just kept adding folded fabric to the sections that I needed to adjust. Sometime hard to apply pins. This looks to be way easier thank you.
So neat, too was struggling with the small dress form fit only for my daughters at home. Now I know exactly what to do. Thanks, Nick
Love your tutorials. Am only a home sew-er and not in the industry but you really inspire me to create...thankyou x
wow thats a great tip, thank you all the way from the UK
@Nick Verreos where do I get these huge shoulder pads you are using? Thanks so much! Awesome lesson!
I love you Nick. You are so fun, creative, inspiring, and motivating. Thanks for all your tips and videos. Please do more videos. I've watched them all so far 😘
Very useful video with helpful and easy tips. Thankyou for sharing your expertise and time. God bless.
You tell me this after I’ve donated all my shoulder pads?!😢😭 OMG, this is so easy! Thank you thank you thank you!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I love your videos! You are such a fun person and so knowledgeable. I just found your videos and they are amazing.
Hi Nick. I just presented this question to another video side about adjusting my just want to alarm just size. Then I scroll down to your video in just turned it on and you are talking about what I just asked the question about. Thank you so much I see it with my own eyes and that help so much I'm going to
Awesome. Excellent tutorial. Will certainly watch this again.
Thank u Nick, God bless u more for sharing ur talents/ passion/ skills/ profession with people like us.
Where do you get the shoulder pads?
I really like your videos and Ive been watching them for a few years now
Such a clear and easy explication...I'm blown away, thank you !!
This channel is now my home
Hi, thank u so much! I have already apllied what u taught and it made our job so easy.....our customers love d fit. I also added old long socks to pad d hips sometimes.
I would never have thought of that , thank you 😊
you got my vote on the love scale . I would have to add a lot more to that dress form -I been buying my pants aka : blue jeans in the men's department for many years now as I can never find a pair of pants / blue jeans in my size in the women's section of Any store . I am a mother, grand mother and a great grand mother . now I am happy to finally be able to make a dress or pants /waist in my size even if I do have to sew them my self. great video -oh by the way now I know what I was saving all those shoulder pads for lol . you just got a new subscriber out of just this one video. :)
You are really amazingly generous and fun, thanks for sharing such good energy and knowledge.
❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍😍👌👌👌👌Nick I love all your videos and works, keep going bro ❤❤❤❤😍😍😍😍😍👌👌👌👌
Hi Nick! I am so happy I found your channel. I have always enjoyed seeing you. Thank you for this very helpful video.
Thank u very much Nick dats so easy, u make my life so easy, dis is de kind of school i need😊
You are the best fashion designer teacher ♥️👏💃
Thank you so much for this, super super helpful!! Can't wait to start sewing my own clothes so they'll actually fit!
Great idea,I’ll need a a bag full of shoulder pads,ha!🤣🤣👍👍
Size 22...I would need a couple of cases of the Joan Collins shoulder pads!!!
Your the best fashion tutor ever! 😍😍😍😍
OMG the fabric on that dress behind him..... I MUST HAVE
I loved your class...Very informative...
What a well dressed man!
Loved this tutorial! Best one I've found, thank you :)
Thanks for this. Was always wondering how to have dress form go bigger 😀 in size.
Muito obrigada! Você me ajudou muito! Mesmo eu não entendendo nada do idioma, pude compreender perfeitamente a sua aula! Gratidão!!!
Want to make my dress form as close to my body as possible so I can drape patterns but I’m not a standard proportionate size so defo gonna try this
Hi Nick! It's really amazing the way u teach. Love your tutorials, you make it so interesting. Could you also teach to drape a skirt for a ball gown? Thanks.
This was awesome. I saw a beautiful dress form that I really want but the size is a little small for me. This is a wonderful idea, but lazy me would probably cut up a comforter or fuzzy blanket to make her a tank "shirt" to fill in the areas 😂.
BTW... just realized I remember watching you on Project Runway!🍃🌷💯.
You're amazing ❤️💖
Thanks so much for your kindness by sharing important tips .
This is the best video ever!!! You’re a genius. Thank you!
Wow, this video is amazing!!! It helps me a lot. Thankyou so much. I Love you.
Seriously awesome idea Nick thank u so much
You’re totally gorgeous, funny, sweet and talented. Thank you for sharing xx
Thanks Nick. You are amazing and so sweet. I love to watch you make things. I still need to learn how to put one simple little dart in a free hand tunic though. Are you interested in doing a video on it. I would be grateful. 😘
Thank you Nick so much you made a lot of things so clear to me!
Love your enthusiasm!
Love your passion for fashion! Thanks for sharing
Fabulous as always
Love love love ur energy! And thank you for this video ❤️❤️❤️
Nick, you are awesome :) love your videos!
You are awesome Nick! Your videos have taught me so much! Thank you!
I think, first of all you should draw front,back, and from side how that body looks like, and also most important which angel have your shoulders , i mean posture . Only after that ,you can add pod.
like your voice very much , always cheer me up , hahaha, your friends are lucky to have you around ! precious friend !
I love your style, glad I discovered your videos!!!
This is brilliant.
Am glad I found you. Watching your videos have been very helpful. Peace
this was amazing! thank you SOOOOO much!
Very helpful!I love your videos!Thank you so much!😊
Hi Nicks. Thanks for the video. I am a fashion school student. Can you please shed more light on the distance between the waist and the hip. You said 9 but I always use 7
I love this! Thanks for the tips!!
I actually have the opposite problem. I'm a size 4 (European 34), but even most of the size 4 dress forms have a much wider hip than I have, and I could never use them to drape and work on, for example, tight fitting skirts or dresses.
Another problem I have, is, I also love to sew historical garments under which I'd wear a corset. If I wanted to make something like that, the waist of a dress form, even if it HAD all my usual measurements right, would now be way too large for how I'd need to drape and fit something over a corset.
One word: HAMBURGERS
buy a size 2 dress form and pad it?
Hey nick please do the live question answer session.. cant wait to attend that
Pls make a video on taking female measurement adequately for beginners
You are so cute. Thanks so much for all the good info you have on this channel ❤
Thank you Nick now I can pad my form to my measurements love this
You make the best videos!
Thank you this is so good !!!
What a great video thank you so much Nick. I'm going to do this. Val🇨🇦🇬🇧❤️
Totally cool Nick. Now I can buy a form and make it "my" size. Thank u.
Hi MsHarleyD: To answer your question--Yes, you could buy a form and make it your size. there are several options: You can order a dress form from a dress form company and have it be made Custom to your size, which is very expensive,. Or, you can buy one of those "adjustable forms" that expand and make fit to your size. Or just buy a form close to your size and add shoulder pads to customize it to your size. Good luck with whatever method you chose! XO, Nick
Thanks for responding Nick. I loved your season of PR. You were my favorite. Being a Barbie fan I bought the doll you designed. :) Thanks for these awesome videos. I'm inspired to make my own clothes again. Best wishes. Luvz n hugz
This is BRILLIANT!! Thank you so much!