Small in Charcoal Grey - Deluxe with stand - Dress sizes 6 to 16 (1) Small in Charcoal Grey - Deluxe with stand - Dress sizes 6 to 16 (1 product) Outside Leg / Skirt Length (waist to desired finished distance from floor) – Measured down the spine* Medium in Charcoal Grey - Deluxe with stand - Dress sizes 12 to 24 (1) Medium in Charcoal Grey - Deluxe with stand - Dress sizes 12 to 24 (1 products)

Medium - Charcoal Grey (For UK sizes 12-24) (1) Medium - Charcoal Grey (For UK sizes 12-24) (1 product) Designing and sewing a garment is satisfying but quite demanding. Add repeated wrong body measurement or irregular hemming on clothing and you are bound to choke yourself with tears of frustration. Most often, what you think is the right pattern cut out on a flat surface, could end up miserable after you’ve sewn and worn or your client wears it.For those who are short waisted (myself included),all you need to do is to pad the hip area “up”, so that the widest part of the hip could be brought further up, creating a new position for the waist line- if this makes sense :-)

Best to wear shoes that you intend to wear with the finished garment, because heel height will affect the measurement. Small - Charcoal Grey (For UK sizes 6-16) (1) Small - Charcoal Grey (For UK sizes 6-16) (1 products) To drape a toile, which is a representation of the clothing still in the process of being sewn or designed. The toile or muslin is usually fitted onto a dummy that mimics a client’s body size. Then, the sewer goes ahead to take the needed measurements of the toile and transfers them to a paper. This process provides the correct measurement for the cutting of patterns from the client’s fabrics. You’ll love that it has a natural skin tone and a mildly enhanced face, complete with long eyelashes and red lips. This means that no matter the colour of garment you showcase on the mannequin, it will never look exaggerated.With this dummy, it feels as though you’re working with a woman’s natural body shape, because it is elegantly padded and curved. That’s not all about its attraction; the dummy’s fabric is decorated with beautiful rose flowers that can light up your mood anytime, any day. No fears about its suitability for your sewing project as it comes in the right proportions as per your specification. It’s so easy and fast to set up that no extra hand is required to assist you.

A dressmakers dummy consists of polystyrene and then covered with a fabric. The materials on a dummy are easy to pierce with pins when draping and fitting. Also, dressmakers mannequins come in standard proportions of a real human shape, unlike many boutique mannequins whose body measurements are unrealistic. To have a realistic, visual idea of how a piece of apparel will look on a client. This enables them to adjust and alter measurements to match accurately with that of the wearer, with little or no post-clothe-testing modifications. If you’re making a dress for a special occasion, and plans to wear something entirely different (i.e. shapewear or corset), then make sure you have those on while taking measurements. No part of this model is adjustable and pinnable. However, the head, arms, and legs are detachable, especially for a stress-free dressing up. Additionally, you are at the liberty of facing the head to any direction of your choice because it can make a full circle rotation, and moves up and down within 60°. for the full display of clothes in your shop and for demonstration purposes, you won’t be disappointed with the SONGMICS Female Mannequin.

This is the most expensive of the three and for some good reasons. First off, the professional dressmaker’s dummy is manufactured for high fashion designers, whose tasking job requires their utmost attention to details and perfect finishing on apparels, as found in the haute couture world.

Medium in Singer Red - Deluxe with stand - Dress sizes 12 to 24 (1) Medium in Singer Red - Deluxe with stand - Dress sizes 12 to 24 (1 products) Apart from using it to drape or fit clothing, the fixed-shape dressmakers dummy is useful in displaying ready-made clothes in your studio for people’s viewing pleasure, for photoshoots, and for fashion blogging. Adjustable Dressmakers DummyThat said, there are three types of a dressmakers dummy according to their structure and purpose: Fixed-Shape or Display Dressmakers Dummy Small - Charcoal Grey (For UK sizes 6-16) (1) Small - Charcoal Grey (For UK sizes 6-16) (1 product) Waist: To locate your natural waistline, tie a narrow string around the waist and let it settle into the natural waistline as you bend to the left and to the right. Take the measurement along the string line.