{"id":264,"date":"2020-05-24T16:47:33","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T16:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/?p=264"},"modified":"2022-06-12T14:28:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T14:28:56","slug":"chopping-at-my-dressform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"Chopping at my dressform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For a while now I&#8217;ve had a polystyrene dressfrom that was *roughly* my size. Let&#8217;s call her Suzy. She was good enough to prop up a piece of clothing I was working on but not quite good enough to check the fit or anything. I could (and probably at some point will) buy an adjustable dressform that I can set to my exact measurements, but today is not that day. Instead I performed some surgery on Suzy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started out by taking measurements and comparing them with my own. The hips were fine, the waist was only a 1 cm difference, but the bust definitely needed some trimming down. I took some side by side pictures to check where exactly Suzy needed some uhh&#8230; reduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-1 wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132231-1024x797.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"797\" src=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132231-1024x797.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"265\" data-link=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/?attachment_id=265\" class=\"wp-image-265\" srcset=\"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132231-1024x797.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132231-300x233.jpg 300w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132231-768x598.jpg 768w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132231-1536x1195.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132231-2048x1594.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132217_1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132217_1-1024x753.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"266\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132217_1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/?attachment_id=266\" class=\"wp-image-266\" srcset=\"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132217_1-1024x753.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132217_1-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132217_1-768x564.jpg 768w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132217_1-1536x1129.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_132217_1-2048x1505.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Suzy&#8217;s back was a bit rounder than mine, her arms were positively enormous for her stature, and somehow her polystyrene ribcage bulges out towards her boobs. She also has a much more hourglass shape than I do so I&#8217;m going to try to square her up a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I took a breadknife and &#8216;sculpted&#8217; Suzy into her new dimensions. It started out as a careful and measured &#8216;bit here and there&#8217; but soon I realized that that was not going to get me the reduction I needed and I picked up the pace. It was very effective at turning myself into a wintery landscape. (I already vacuumed twice and I still expect to find white flakes everywhere for the next couple of weeks)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-3 wp-block-gallery columns-4 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_135124-768x1024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_135124-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"267\" class=\"wp-image-267\" srcset=\"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_135124-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_135124-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_135124-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_135124-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_135124-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_140500-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_140500-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"268\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_140500-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/?attachment_id=268\" class=\"wp-image-268\" srcset=\"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_140500-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_140500-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_140500-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_140500-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_140500-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_141830-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_141830-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"269\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_141830-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/?attachment_id=269\" class=\"wp-image-269\" srcset=\"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_141830-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_141830-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_141830-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_141830-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_141830-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_143259_1-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_143259_1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"270\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_143259_1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/?attachment_id=270\" class=\"wp-image-270\" srcset=\"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_143259_1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_143259_1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_143259_1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_143259_1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_143259_1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I took quite a bit off both the back and the front until I reached the right measurements. Here are some before and after pictures of Suzy wearing a blouse I made recently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-5 wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_134812-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_134812-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"271\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_134812-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/anniekcreates.com\/?attachment_id=271\" class=\"wp-image-271\" srcset=\"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_134812-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/IMG_20200524_134812-225x300.jpg 225w, 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Let&#8217;s call her Suzy. She was good enough to prop up a piece of clothing I was working on but not quite good enough to check the fit or anything. I could (and probably at some point will) buy an adjustable &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/?p=264\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chopping at my dressform<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":270,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[25,17],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":281,"href":"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions\/281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/3.10.221.167\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}