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04-12-2019 01:08 PM
Maybe there should be a rule that no contestants can try to influence the design of another, that is for Christian to do. Tessa is too aggressive in this way. Those she bothers should tell her to back off and mind her own business.
04-12-2019 01:33 PM
@mousiegirl wrote:Maybe there should be a rule that no contestants can try to influence the design of another, that is for Christian to do. Tessa is too aggressive in this way. Those she bothers should tell her to back off and mind her own business.
I see no reason for a rule. The designers should be able to shake that off if they're going to make it in that business. There's always mind games in competitions. A lot of times the designers actually ask for other contestants' opinions. I don't know if it's because they feel some sort of comraderie with all this together time or what. I'm also surprised that they are so open with each other about what they plan on doing. I would be afraid someone would take my idea (which has happened on other seasons).
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04-12-2019 04:51 PM
@MarnieRez3 wrote:
@IcegoddessI didn't see the mannequin with the black circles. Why do the forms always say Collapsible Shoulder on them? I actually never understood that.
@MarnieRez3, I could never afford any of those dress forms on the PR shows. Most home sewers often buy adjustable ones that have dials that open up the middle vertically. I don't know what you do if you're bigger front or back vs wide. That's my issue with my butt. While I have a large hip measurment, the bulk of that is in the back, so adding to the outside hip doesn't work. I assume the forms in the workroom they pad to their model's measurements? That has also always been a question of mine, although I don't remember ever seeing any of these forms padded until last night when I saw those black circles on the form's butt. What I use is called a body form which is a soft mannequin type of form, but they only come in a couple of sizes. As far as the collapsible shoulders, I can only assume that means you can push the shoulders in somewhat for narrow shoulders or maybe for storage, I'm not sure.
Anyways, some home sewers make their own dress forms by wrapping their bodies in duct tape. You need a second set of hands to do that, but it probably makes the most accurate form for that one person to fit their own clothes on. There used to be a dress form (may still be out there) called the Uniquely You form. It came as a large foam block. You measured yourself and sewed a cover that when put on the form would squish the foam in to fill the cover and therefore supposedly be a duplicate of the person's body. There is a hilarious story I have about a woman trying to stuff that foam into her cover.
So, here is my padded body form in the process of being padded and showing the shoulder pads that look almost like the padding on the form in the background in the PR workroom. I took pics as I went along for a facebook sewing group I'm in. Besides, I just like taking pictures of things. It's taken from an odd angle, but I think you can get the idea.
04-12-2019 05:56 PM
@MarnieRez3 I believe the sale aspect influences which designs are chosen. That three piece could be sold as separates and each piece would appeal to and could be worn by a larger number of buyers. I don't like that the winning design is than sold since it seems unfair.
04-12-2019 06:22 PM
Tessa does an awful lot of standing around and offering advice.
I would like to see her go.
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