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Sewing a Ballgown Using a Dressmaker PART 1

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Uploaded by on Jan 16, 2010

How to sew a dress using a dressmaker. Part 1 of 2 - the basic dress.

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  • Nice video! I have a question though. What if your body measurement is different from the dressmaker/dressform, how do you adjust? For instance, if the body has bigger measurement than the dressform or what about when the body has a smaller measurement from the dressform? Thanks!

  • @venmidori Try to get an adjustable bodyform, you can make individual measurements (hips/waist/bust) different. You can also attach padding where necessary - when I've made dresses for larger busted ladies I pin some stuffed-bra-pad 'breasts' on!

  • OOOOPS I accidentally deleted a comment here - I have no idea how to get it back!

    I didn't serge or line the dress because I was too lazy and the ball I was going to was that same day!! But to line it I'd make the same dress out of the lining fabric and attach right sides together at the top - you can shape the top a lot easier and more curved that way (perhaps another tutorial subject!) I really should serge the raw edges when I get around to it :)

  • Please do more of these types of videos showing us how to design with a dress form. Thanks.

  • I'm going to try! Hopefully the next one will be a simple t-shirt reconstruction but let me know if there are any specific things you want!

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  • This is really the only video on the internet on how to make a dress that isn't a tube top and some tule! Thank you so much!! It helped a lot!!

  • @venmidori you could use a LOT of saran wrap to mod it...

  • slow down O.o 

  • this was RIDICULOUSLY helpful...i mean its hard enough to get work experience to give you any clue at all, but im glad someone put up a video thats clear and not annoying like this:D

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