Tabitha Update

Just thought I'd check in here and give a quick update on the status of Tabitha, my dress form. She's waiting for her transformation.   I've been watching a couple online courses through Craftsy by Paul Gallo on fashion draping.  I'm going to make a muslin to fit Tabitha snugly using the draping method.  Then with some help from my hubby, I hope to make a fitted muslin of myself.  I will then pad out Tabitha to fit the muslin of myself.  It's going to be a long process but worth it in the end.  I hope to finally get started this next week if nothing unexpected happens.

I am very interested in learning more about fashion draping for dress design.  After I have Tabitha to my size I may try my hand at a simple bias cut dress as Paul Gallo instructed in his draping classes.

On a related note, I bought a tool called a pattern notcher that will aid in pattern making and marking the notches.  Notches are pattern instructions as Paul Gallo says.  I also bought a French Curve to help in drawing the curves for sleeves and hip areas.

I will try to post some pictures of Tabitha's progress once I FINALLY get started on her!

Thanks for reading,

Marla