I work at a high school theater and I have to fit lots of different sized girls. We only have one dress form but we have loads of shoulder pads. This is an excellent solution! Since it's something that I have to do often, I'll probably add some Velcro to the backs of the pads so I can take them on and off of the form easily.
Thread magazine has a article about making a dress form to fit multi people. It's basically a dress form skin tight dress with zip down back, that is padded out with batting for quilting, and then a second dress that fits that size sewn over it connected at the neckline and down both sides of the back to the zip edges. You make them for all the sizes you need and just zip the one you need over the form as needed. For theater this is much more practical.
Nick, I loved the way that you addressed the sizing issue, a sensitive matter for most women. I especially liked how you brought up your mom’s size, ‘she is not a size four’, very tactfully, and of course, lovingly, you are a class act. Thanks for the video.
Ive had my own sewing and design shop from home for 4 years. I have learned so much from you and you have helped me fine tune my skills!! Thank you for your videos!!!
Thank you, this is the first channel that actually shows HOW to pad the dress form/mannequin. They say just stuff it with poly fill which does not work.
I would probably do a combo of the pads..and batting. All those areas between the pads needs to be filled in. Plus--he mentions nothing about how to cover the form for easier draping once you've sized it. Using a leotard is always great. You just have to cut open the crotch if it's not a snap closure.
You are an absolute legend. I've watched a few videos on fitting a dress form, and yours is by far the most concise I've found. I'm gonna be deep diving the rest of your content for sure
I just won one of these dress forms in half size. I'm so excited! I can drape and fit AND save materials on mock up! It's going to also force me to do patterns electronically. Which is good!
I*CONIC (In my JoanTheScammer Voice) Lol I LOVE THESE VIDEOS. I COULD REMEMBER WATCHING YOU ON PROJECT RUNWAY AS A TEEN. YOU INSPIRED ME TO GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL AND YOU INSPIRED ME TO TEACH ONE DAY. THANK YOU NICK. YOU ARE THE BEST.
Nick - you are hilarious !! I've just found your channel and as someone who apparently hasn't got "average proportions" clothes wise I've had to tailor almost EVERYTHING I own FOR EVER - mainly through trail and error - your tutorials are a godsend, thank you so much.
Hi Nick. I just presented this question to another video side about adjusting my just want to alarm just size. Then I scroll down to your video in just turned it on and you are talking about what I just asked the question about. Thank you so much I see it with my own eyes and that help so much I'm going to
Hi, thank u so much! I have already apllied what u taught and it made our job so easy.....our customers love d fit. I also added old long socks to pad d hips sometimes.
So, what would you do if you have really weird measurements? I'm short and heavy with a belly, a lower bust line and very sloped shoulders, but a short back-waist length. Do you just keep adding and keep adding? I haven't invested in a dress form because none of them even come close to my weird measurements. My RTW size is usually about a 24 or a 3x. I'd love to make some fun things for myself, but don't really want to try and make a duct tape form.
I love you Nick. You are so fun, creative, inspiring, and motivating. Thanks for all your tips and videos. Please do more videos. I've watched them all so far 😘
you got my vote on the love scale . I would have to add a lot more to that dress form -I been buying my pants aka : blue jeans in the men's department for many years now as I can never find a pair of pants / blue jeans in my size in the women's section of Any store . I am a mother, grand mother and a great grand mother . now I am happy to finally be able to make a dress or pants /waist in my size even if I do have to sew them my self. great video -oh by the way now I know what I was saving all those shoulder pads for lol . you just got a new subscriber out of just this one video. :)
I have one of those expandible dress forms that I bought about 12 years ago. Body sizes definitely are never alike, and the form only adjusts so much. I just kept adding folded fabric to the sections that I needed to adjust. Sometime hard to apply pins. This looks to be way easier thank you.
I just bought a dress form and needed to add 3/4th of an inch to the chest and 1.5 inch to the waist. I found it really difficult to drape smoothly once the padding was added, although it's easy and enjoyable for me to drape on the form without the padding. It's really stressing me out, and making me regret not buying a size up. This was such a big investment for me. Do you have any tips on how to work with a padded dress form? Edit : let me be honest. I read some comment here about how the space between pads needed to be filled and ended up looking at other RUclips videos, I shouldn't have. Just add the pads, do nothing else, and it works absolutely fine. Anything more complicated actually seems harder to work with. I now only use pads with a silky smooth service and it works fabulously
Would you consider it's best to have different mannequin sizes? Or just get a small size and then pad? I bought a size 36 and I'm kinda regretting it... I could have just bought a smaller one and then pad it... 😓
Sticky iron on interlining and steam over the top to compress it, or a stretch cover. Ive seen the interlining look better. Taylor the interlining like the original cover though for a better result. There's a vid. Best buying the right size first.
This was awesome. I saw a beautiful dress form that I really want but the size is a little small for me. This is a wonderful idea, but lazy me would probably cut up a comforter or fuzzy blanket to make her a tank "shirt" to fill in the areas 😂. BTW... just realized I remember watching you on Project Runway!🍃🌷💯.
Thanks Nick. You are amazing and so sweet. I love to watch you make things. I still need to learn how to put one simple little dart in a free hand tunic though. Are you interested in doing a video on it. I would be grateful. 😘
I work at a high school theater and I have to fit lots of different sized girls. We only have one dress form but we have loads of shoulder pads. This is an excellent solution! Since it's something that I have to do often, I'll probably add some Velcro to the backs of the pads so I can take them on and off of the form easily.
Paije Peri Good idea
Thread magazine has a article about making a dress form to fit multi people. It's basically a dress form skin tight dress with zip down back, that is padded out with batting for quilting, and then a second dress that fits that size sewn over it connected at the neckline and down both sides of the back to the zip edges. You make them for all the sizes you need and just zip the one you need over the form as needed. For theater this is much more practical.
@@kimwilliams5165 brilliant!! saves a lot of time i imagine
Brilliant!
Brilliant!!
Nick, I loved the way that you addressed the sizing issue, a sensitive matter for most women. I especially liked how you brought up your mom’s size, ‘she is not a size four’, very tactfully, and of course, lovingly, you are a class act. Thanks for the video.
Ive had my own sewing and design shop from home for 4 years. I have learned so much from you and you have helped me fine tune my skills!! Thank you for your videos!!!
Thank you, this is the first channel that actually shows HOW to pad the dress form/mannequin. They say just stuff it with poly fill which does not work.
Now I can use all those pads I had left over from the 80’s.
LOL!
😂😂
Right...😁
80's are alive forever in one form or another after all haha
I would probably do a combo of the pads..and batting. All those areas between the pads needs to be filled in. Plus--he mentions nothing about how to cover the form for easier draping once you've sized it. Using a leotard is always great. You just have to cut open the crotch if it's not a snap closure.
batting is also fierce
What is a leotard??
@@Pancracias1 Its basically a 1 piece swimsuit that ballet dancers wear.
GREAT Idea, about the leotard, Thanks!🙂
You are so amazing Nick! You make things easy to understand and for a beginner, that's so awesome!
Exactly how I feel... Love him!!!
You are an absolute legend. I've watched a few videos on fitting a dress form, and yours is by far the most concise I've found. I'm gonna be deep diving the rest of your content for sure
I am sooooo addicted to your videos!!!!!!!!!!! I can't thank you enough!!!!!!!
Wow thanks so much this is the easiest way of padding I've seen by far. Glad I watched this one, great channel.
1 min in and you're my best friend. Your personality is infectious! Love'n it!!!
Hi Nick I have been watching your videos they are amazing I have learn so much from you thank you
Quick and easy! Never thought of using shoulder pads.
You made it look so easy! Thank you for eliminating my worries.
I just won one of these dress forms in half size. I'm so excited! I can drape and fit AND save materials on mock up! It's going to also force me to do patterns electronically. Which is good!
This was really helpful. Best teacher ever
This is genius!! 👏🏻👏🏻💎I just bought myself a professional dress form in size 4 and wondered how I could account for larger sizes. Thank You!!!
Hi Nick! Thank you for posting this! I so appreciate it. I'm going to try this on my dress form. I bought a size that is smaller than what I am now.
Thank you so much! This has helped me immensely trying to make a cheap "adjustable" mannequin fit my imperfect figure. Love you!
it's dirndl season and its like 10 dresses in 4 weeks all different sizes, I love this solution so relevant for today
Nick your awesome I wish you had a live class
Nick, I love your enthusiasm for teaching, you make it fun. I have learned quite a few tips and tricks from you. Thank you for sharing. Love you......
I*CONIC (In my JoanTheScammer Voice) Lol I LOVE THESE VIDEOS. I COULD REMEMBER WATCHING YOU ON PROJECT RUNWAY AS A TEEN. YOU INSPIRED ME TO GO TO DESIGN SCHOOL AND YOU INSPIRED ME TO TEACH ONE DAY. THANK YOU NICK. YOU ARE THE BEST.
Thanks Nick!!! It surely is a blessing to have found your channel. Hugs
Nick - you are hilarious !! I've just found your channel and as someone who apparently hasn't got "average proportions" clothes wise I've had to tailor almost EVERYTHING I own FOR EVER - mainly through trail and error - your tutorials are a godsend, thank you so much.
LOVE you, Nick!!!! Been rooting for you since "Project Runway"!!!! 💕💕💕✨✨✨
Thank you 😊, I enjoy watching your videos because they are so informative...... the form has my exact size. 34,25,35.
Awesome. Excellent tutorial. Will certainly watch this again.
I am in amazement when I see your videos, I always have an "a-ha!" moment! Congrats! from Mexico
hello, i live in Mexico 5 months a year, do you have an address for a nice supply store. thanks.
So neat, too was struggling with the small dress form fit only for my daughters at home. Now I know exactly what to do. Thanks, Nick
Love your tutorials. Am only a home sew-er and not in the industry but you really inspire me to create...thankyou x
Hi Nick Verreos ..thanks for sharing your wonderful work you are so talented i am inspired by your beautiful job .
Thank u Nick, God bless u more for sharing ur talents/ passion/ skills/ profession with people like us.
Good demonstration thank you so much🙏
Hi Nick. I just presented this question to another video side about adjusting my just want to alarm just size. Then I scroll down to your video in just turned it on and you are talking about what I just asked the question about. Thank you so much I see it with my own eyes and that help so much I'm going to
Your the best fashion tutor ever! 😍😍😍😍
Seriously awesome idea Nick thank u so much
@Nick Verreos where do I get these huge shoulder pads you are using? Thanks so much! Awesome lesson!
I love your videos! You are such a fun person and so knowledgeable. I just found your videos and they are amazing.
Ok, late to the video, but what do I do if my torso is short? All the mannequins seem to have incredibly long torsos.
Hi, thank u so much! I have already apllied what u taught and it made our job so easy.....our customers love d fit. I also added old long socks to pad d hips sometimes.
So, what would you do if you have really weird measurements? I'm short and heavy with a belly, a lower bust line and very sloped shoulders, but a short back-waist length. Do you just keep adding and keep adding? I haven't invested in a dress form because none of them even come close to my weird measurements. My RTW size is usually about a 24 or a 3x. I'd love to make some fun things for myself, but don't really want to try and make a duct tape form.
You are the best fashion designer teacher ♥️👏💃
I really like your videos and Ive been watching them for a few years now
Such a clear and easy explication...I'm blown away, thank you !!
I love you Nick. You are so fun, creative, inspiring, and motivating. Thanks for all your tips and videos. Please do more videos. I've watched them all so far 😘
Want to make my dress form as close to my body as possible so I can drape patterns but I’m not a standard proportionate size so defo gonna try this
you got my vote on the love scale . I would have to add a lot more to that dress form -I been buying my pants aka : blue jeans in the men's department for many years now as I can never find a pair of pants / blue jeans in my size in the women's section of Any store . I am a mother, grand mother and a great grand mother . now I am happy to finally be able to make a dress or pants /waist in my size even if I do have to sew them my self. great video -oh by the way now I know what I was saving all those shoulder pads for lol . you just got a new subscriber out of just this one video. :)
OMG the fabric on that dress behind him..... I MUST HAVE
Love your enthusiasm!
You are really amazingly generous and fun, thanks for sharing such good energy and knowledge.
wow thats a great tip, thank you all the way from the UK
Thank you so much for this, super super helpful!! Can't wait to start sewing my own clothes so they'll actually fit!
❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍😍👌👌👌👌Nick I love all your videos and works, keep going bro ❤❤❤❤😍😍😍😍😍👌👌👌👌
I would never have thought of that , thank you 😊
This is the best video ever!!! You’re a genius. Thank you!
Very useful video with helpful and easy tips. Thankyou for sharing your expertise and time. God bless.
I have one of those expandible dress forms that I bought about 12 years ago. Body sizes definitely are never alike, and the form only adjusts so much. I just kept adding folded fabric to the sections that I needed to adjust. Sometime hard to apply pins. This looks to be way easier thank you.
Love your passion for fashion! Thanks for sharing
I love your style, glad I discovered your videos!!!
Love love love ur energy! And thank you for this video ❤️❤️❤️
You're amazing ❤️💖
Thanks so much for your kindness by sharing important tips .
Thank you Nick so much you made a lot of things so clear to me!
You tell me this after I’ve donated all my shoulder pads?!😢😭 OMG, this is so easy! Thank you thank you thank you!!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank u very much Nick dats so easy, u make my life so easy, dis is de kind of school i need😊
Fantastic, Nick, I loved that
Where do you get the shoulder pads?
I love this! Thanks for the tips!!
Hi Nick! I am so happy I found your channel. I have always enjoyed seeing you. Thank you for this very helpful video.
Loved this tutorial! Best one I've found, thank you :)
Great Nick!! How do I drape with the form padded😟💋
Great & insightful. Thanks for the tips.
Wow, this video is amazing!!! It helps me a lot. Thankyou so much. I Love you.
This is BRILLIANT!! Thank you so much!
like your voice very much , always cheer me up , hahaha, your friends are lucky to have you around ! precious friend !
I loved your class...Very informative...
This channel is now my home
Great tutorial 👍really helpful
Thank you Nick now I can pad my form to my measurements love this
What a well dressed man!
I just bought a dress form and needed to add 3/4th of an inch to the chest and 1.5 inch to the waist. I found it really difficult to drape smoothly once the padding was added, although it's easy and enjoyable for me to drape on the form without the padding. It's really stressing me out, and making me regret not buying a size up. This was such a big investment for me. Do you have any tips on how to work with a padded dress form?
Edit : let me be honest. I read some comment here about how the space between pads needed to be filled and ended up looking at other RUclips videos, I shouldn't have. Just add the pads, do nothing else, and it works absolutely fine. Anything more complicated actually seems harder to work with. I now only use pads with a silky smooth service and it works fabulously
You can create a lining for the manequin made of stretchy jersey and you put it on the padded manequin!
@@briosapatterns3949 I am doing the same thing...I plan to buy a leotard to put over it to smooth it out.
Would you consider it's best to have different mannequin sizes? Or just get a small size and then pad? I bought a size 36 and I'm kinda regretting it... I could have just bought a smaller one and then pad it... 😓
Sticky iron on interlining and steam over the top to compress it, or a stretch cover. Ive seen the interlining look better. Taylor the interlining like the original cover though for a better result. There's a vid. Best buying the right size first.
You are awesome Nick! Your videos have taught me so much! Thank you!
That dress form has my exact measurements.
this was amazing! thank you SOOOOO much!
Fabulous as always
Very helpful!I love your videos!Thank you so much!😊
This was the best tips.
Nick, you are awesome :) love your videos!
You’re totally gorgeous, funny, sweet and talented. Thank you for sharing xx
you are a genius - thank you!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey nick please do the live question answer session.. cant wait to attend that
This is pure gold!
This is so smart!
This is brilliant.
Am glad I found you. Watching your videos have been very helpful. Peace
This was awesome. I saw a beautiful dress form that I really want but the size is a little small for me. This is a wonderful idea, but lazy me would probably cut up a comforter or fuzzy blanket to make her a tank "shirt" to fill in the areas 😂.
BTW... just realized I remember watching you on Project Runway!🍃🌷💯.
Amazing Nick!!
You make the best videos!
Thank you this is so good !!!
Thanks Nick. You are amazing and so sweet. I love to watch you make things. I still need to learn how to put one simple little dart in a free hand tunic though. Are you interested in doing a video on it. I would be grateful. 😘