Sew a Miniature Dress Form for Half-Scale Sewing

Sew a Miniature Dress Form for Half-Scale Sewing free download

Introduction to half-scale sewing as a teaching tool and a beautiful display form for your future dress designs.

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 shears

• Rotary cutter (optional)

• Pinking Shears

• Pins, glass head heat resistant

• Pattern Weights (optional)

• Marking Chalk

• Hand-sewing needles

• Thread snips

• Seam ripper

• Seam gauge

• Steam Iron + ironing board

• Tailors ham

• Tape measure

• Paper scissors

• Clear Scotch Tape

I 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.