Taunton's Threads - For people who love to sew
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From the pages of Threads Magazine Clone Yourself A Fitting Assistant Paper-tape dress form is the easiest and cheapest of all
Start wrapping the snugly T-shirted, undergarment-clad wrappee horizontally below the bust, then above the bust. Next, form the neckline and armholes, as for Joyce's method, in the shape of a traditional fitting bodice. The "cross-your-heart" method works well in paper, too, as does shortening the tape in the bust area. After three or four layers (alternating horizontal/vertical), you can use a hair dryer to speed the drying process. Then (when the tape is hard enough to keep its shape but still soft enough to get out of) cut it up the back through the T-shirt, tape as with the other forms, and reclose by taping over the cut on the quite-stiff form. Once it hardens completely, the tape double is ultra-light, easily moved and stored, can be pinned into, covered with fabric or a tight T-shirt, marked with narrow ribbon or marker, used on a table or stand, or hung from a hanger. It's probably the easiest and cheapest method of all...so what are you waiting for?
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