Woven Fabric Cover for Paper Half-Scale Dress Form

or Stuffed Half Scale Dress Form

This pattern is designed to be sewn from sturdy non-stretch fabric. It can either be used as a cover for
the paper dress form I designed, or stuffed and used to make a dress form.

Materials

• 5/8 yard (. m! woven

fabric
• " feet (. m! narrow
ribbon or cord
• #/8 yard (.# m! fusib$e
interfacing
If you are making a stuffed dress
form you wi$$ a$so need%
• &crap of corrugated
cardboard
• Ta$$ s$im vase with a wide
base or other stand to mount the dress form on
• 'abric g$ue
• &tuffing
• 'abric scraps to ro$$ up for stuffing the neck

Instructions
#. rint pages
pages ) through
through #* of this
this document on 8 +  #### or  si0e
si0e paper.
paper. If you are printing to
an ink1et printer, set the print 2ua$ity to the highest setting to ensure the vertica$ sca$ing is
correct. rint at #334 of norma$ si0e. To do this in dobe crobat eader, in the rint window
set the age &ca$ing to 6one. The border on each page wi$$ measure 7 by #3 (#7.8 cm by "5.
cm! when printed to the correct sca$e.

". ut on the

the borders and tape pages ) to
to ## and #3
#3 to #", matching
matching borders and a$ignment
a$ignment marks.

*. If you wi$$ be
be using this pattern
pattern to make
make a stuffed
stuffed dress
dress form, skip to step
step .
This pattern was designed to fit my paper ha$f-sca$e dress form covered with a sing$e $ayer of
kraft paper tape. These were the measurements of my form% #7 7/8 (5.5 cm! bust, #* */ (*5
cm! waist, and #8 #/8 ( cm! hip. The measurements on your form may be different. If your
dress form measures significant$y $arger than this, you shou$d a$ter the pattern. In the bust area,
add to the side front seams and side back seams to increase the measurement. In the waist and
hip area, you can add to the side front seams, side back seams, and side seams.
9 "3# :ei$a ;anaster
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. ut out the paper pattern pieces.

5. 'use a * + () cm! ta$$ by 8 ("3 cm! wide

piece of interfacing to the wrong side of a
piece of fabric. ut out the <;=:> =?>
and 6>@ T= pieces from this piece of 
interfaced fabric.

. ut the rest of the pieces from fabric or

interfacing as indicated on the pattern pieces.

7. 'use the '=6T 6>@:I6> I6T>'I6A and

B@ 6>@:I6> I6T>'I6A to the C>
'=6T and B@.

8. &ew the C> '=6T to :=D> '=6T. $ip

inner curves and the press seams open.

6ote% $$ seam a$$owances are #/ ( mm!.

). &ew C> &IE> '=6T to :=D> &IE> '=6T.

$ip inner curves and press seam open.

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#3. >ase stitch the C> &IE>
'=6T pieces between notches.

&ew the side front seams.

$ip inner curves. 6otch the outer

curve over the bust.

ress seams open.

##. &ew the center front seam. ress

the seam open.

#". &ew B@ to &IE> B@. $ip

inner curves and press the seams
open.

#*. &ew the center back seam. ress

the seam open.

#. If you are making a suffed dress

form% &ew both side seams
comp$ete$y. $ip inner curves on
side seams and press the seams
open.

If you are making a dress form

cover% &ew one side seam. =n$y
sew */ (" cm! of the upper end
of the other side seam. $ip inner
curves on both side seams. ress
under #/ ( mm! a$ong the
edges of the open side seam.

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#5. 'or a stuffed dress form, skip to
step #.

If you are making a dress form

cover% Baste the pressed seam
a$$owances in p$ace on the open
side seam.

#. &ew the shou$der seams. ress the seams open.

#7. $ip into the armho$es a$most to the stitching

$ine. $ips shou$d be about */8 (# cm! apart.

#8. in the <;=:> =?> pieces into the

armho$es. <atch the $arge circ$e to the shou$der
seam and the sma$$ circ$e to the underarm
seam. ;and baste in p$ace.

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#). <achine stitch the armho$e seams with the
<;=:> =?> facing down on the sewing
machine.

emove the basting stitches.

In the seam a$$owance, stitch again #/#

(#.5 mm! away from the first stitches.

Trim the armho$e seams c$ose to the outer stitching

$ine.

'inish the seams with 0ig-0ag stitches.

"3. &ew the center back seam on the 6>@. ress the seam open.

"#. in, then hand baste the 6>@ T= onto the upper edge of the
6>@.

"". <achine stitch the upper neck seam with the 6>@ T= facing
down.

emove basting stitches.

In the seam a$$owance, stitch again #/#

(#.5 mm! away from the first stitches.

Trim the seam c$ose to the outer stitching $ine.

'inish the seam with 0ig-0ag stitches.

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"*. $ip into the neck opening a$most to the stitching
$ine. $ips shou$d be about */8 (# cm! apart.

". Turn the neck right side out, then insert it into the
neck opening, matching center back seams. Baste the seam.

<achine stitch the $ower neck

seam.

emove basting stitches.

In the seam a$$owance, stitch again

#/# (#.5 mm! away from the first
stitches.

Trim the seam c$ose to the outer

stitching $ine.

'inish the seam with 0ig-0ag stitches.

"5. Turn the dress form cover right side out. =n the $ower edge, stitch down the $ast # #/8 (* cm!
of a$$ of the seam a$$owances. 6ote% The pictures be$ow show the dress form cover option.

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". Turn up and press */ (#.) cm! on the $ower edge, then press up #/ ( mm! on the edge.

"7. &titch */8 (# cm! from the fo$ded edge to form a casing. If you are making a stuffed dress form,
$eave an opening on one side of the casing. Insert ribbon or cord into the casing using a safety
pin or bodkin.

"8. 'or a stuffed dress form, skip to step *3.

If you are having troub$e getting the

seams to stay pressed open, especia$$y
in the bust area, baste the seam
a$$owances in p$ace before you put the
cover on the form.

ut the cover on the dress form.

;and sew the side seam c$osed.

emove the basting stitches.

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"). u$$ the ribbon or cord tight and
tie the ends together.

If you are making a dress form

cover, you are done. The
remaining steps are for making a
stuffed dress form.

*3. If you want to keep the neck and armho$es from bowing out, cut pieces of cardboard to fit the
neck top and armho$e areas and g$ue them on the inside with fabric g$ue. (I didnFt do that in the
pictures be$ow, and you can see the armho$es pushed out a bit.!

*#. o$$ up scraps of fabric into a firm cy$inder that wi$$ fit into the neck.
Take a few hand stitches in it to keep it from unro$$ing. Insert it into
the neck.

*". I found that a combination of fabric scraps and po$yester fiber fi$$
worked we$$ for stuffing the dress form. &tuff it about ha$fway fu$$.

**. Insert a vase or other stand into the center, then stuff around it. u$$ the drawstring tight around
the stand and tie it.

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