I sorted out one of my dresses the other day so thought it was time to do the other.
I needed to make this mannequin match the material look of the other. Therefore using the bed sheet I used to create the fake tan piece, I cut out a section of clean material and sewed it around the mannequin. It isn’t perfect but I feel it works a lot better making the mannequins work as a pair. It took quite a lot of fiddlingwith the material, a glue gun and thread, but I got there in the end. Using the used bed sheet also makes it relate back to me through that as well. The viewer won’t know this as but it’s a bit like a hidden abject part. I suppose it would make some people feel it is disgusting as it is a bed sheet which has been slept on. It’s not really the main focus for that mannequin it is the dress. However, I do feel it does relate well. Does the viewer need to know this? I don’t feel it is important as it’s more about the actual dress.
All that really needed to be done to the dress was to tighten it so it was a better fit to the mannequin, not just hanging limply. The cover has improved it a lot. Although it is nowhere near perfect, or as good as the ready-made one, I feel it is suitable enough for my work. Once I spotted one flaw in the dress I kept spotting more, which ended up in me spending a lot more time than I had planned on adjusting the dress. Hopefully it will be worth it when I finish it tomorrow.
