Mannequins are actively used in various fields of activity. They are necessary not only for those who are engaged in tailoring. They are actively used in trade, demonstrating the available goods. Whatever you need them for, you can not buy them in the store, but make with my own hands.

An important part of any mannequin is the stand. Thanks to it, it will remain stable, it will be more convenient for you to try on clothes and so on. They differ mainly because of the materials used for this.

Making a stand

When you have made your mannequin, or rather its upper part, set it aside and take care of the bottom. The stand is pretty easy to make. Improvised means are usually used. It can be done in the following ways:

You will need a minimum of time and improvised materials. It is best to choose an office chair leg for this, which is most suitable for a stand. First of all, it is the reliability of the design that matters. For ease of fitting, the mannequin must be stable.

How to make a mannequin according to your own figure.

I am taylor. And in Russian my profession is called tailor. I love to sew. But, it just so happens - a shoemaker - without boots. I have never had a mannequin according to my figure at home. And here's a miracle - I stumbled on a site on the internet that tells how you can make a clone dummy with your own hands with a minimum of costs. Tomorrow I'll start...

Make your mannequin!

"Shoemaker without shoes!". This is the fate that awaits if you know how to sew, but there is no one to help with the fitting. With a non-standard back - the biggest complications. Your own double will help you solve the problem - a mannequin created in the image and likeness of your body.

The first experience in making a mannequin from adhesive tape was unsuccessful, but the shortcomings of the instructions offered by the Americans were clarified.

The second mannequin was made using improved technology and completed successfully. You can follow the well-known instructions, you can go my way, and even better - make your own, more progressive changes to the technology of making your own double and share with everyone.

A warning: Do not start making a mannequin in a stuffy or hot room, also be careful if the room is too cold. When winding, do not pull the tape, otherwise the person will become ill from suffocation and from impaired blood circulation. Tip for the "teapot": before you start wrapping yourself, take a glass of liquor, it relaxes.

What do you need: Adhesive tape 80-100 meters (packing in the photo). Wooden coat hanger. A cardboard tube from a fabric store (cloth is wound around it at the factory). T-shirt. Polyethylene or plastic bag. Safety pin. Scissors. Wire. Corrugated cardboard. Sintepon. Foam rubber. Marker. Plumb. Portnovsky meter. Stand for mannequin. And most importantly... handy partner.

Operating procedure:

Women: put on your usual underwear (bra). Don't forget to wrap your neck with a plastic bag. You can put your hair in a hat.

Put on a T-shirt of the right length. Fasten the edges of the back and front of the T-shirt between the legs with a safety pin. Apply the tape from about the navel, then down between the legs and finish at about the lower back.
What is it for? During the manufacture of the first mannequin, it turned out that the design tends to "slide" up. The action described above will fix the manikin shell while working.

The second solution found: the winding must be started from a wider place to a narrow one. Start at the widest point of the hips and end at waist level. The tape is not very flexible and stretchy, and the body changes volumes, so protruding ugly cavities are formed.

We will wrap the chest later. She is the main thing for normal health during work. Leave the neck, moreover, for completion.
Fix the shape of the chest: stick the tape crosswise under the bust, bringing the ends to the shoulders.

To reveal the strictly horizontal shape of the bottom of the mannequin, the same distance from the floor to the hips is measured in a circle of the figure. Dots are made with a felt-tip pen, about eight. Connect the points on the hips in a circle - the line of the hips. A wire that holds its shape well is wrapped along this line. The wire is pressed along the body, the junction of the ends is fixed at the back.

The resulting ring is removed (pulled off) gently down through the legs. According to this form, the bottom is drawn on the cardboard.

The ring is fixed on the cardboard with pins, and the contour is traced with a felt-tip pen along the inside of the wire ring. Make a bottom in two copies. The direction of the structures of the corrugated cardboard cavities of the two parts must intersect, which is necessary for the rigidity of the dummy structure.

Remove the resulting mannequin shell by carefully cutting the jumper between the legs, and then, in a zigzag, the back along the drawn line of the middle.

Using the pipe and hangers, make a mannequin holder. In my case, the shoulders turned out to be too broad-shouldered, I had to saw off the excess. If you have straight shoulders, attach a piece of foam rubber to the edges of the shoulders with tape. Achieve a similar shoulder height on the "skeleton" of the mannequin.

They didn’t make a cut on the pipe to the jumper of the hangers, this would have weakened the structure: our pipe turned out to be not so thick and strong. For the jumper, holes were made in the pipe, the jumper was inserted and re-attached to the hangers.

Make chest inserts from foam rubber. Insert them into the recesses and secure with adhesive tape. Put the mannequin shell on the hanger and pipe holder.

A zigzag cut on the back must be connected with a ribbon, starting from the neck. It is worth gluing outside and inside (the tape does not stick well to the T-shirt). Restore the mark of the seventh cervical vertebra immediately after joining the incision in the neck area.

Seal the holes of the "hands" and tightly stuff the mannequin along the way with a padding polyester. The shell should take the correct shape of your body. The pipe is located approximately in the center of the mannequin, only in the hips it moves closer to the front (your posture should serve as a guide).

Glue the two parts of the corrugated cardboard bottom and put it on the floor. An assistant is needed to determine the location of the hole for the pipe on it.

Place the dummy tube approximately in the center of the bottom. Take a plumb line (rope with a weight) and attach it to the back of the mannequin at the intersection of the center of the back and the line of the hips.

The bottom end of the plumb line should touch the extreme point of the back of the bottom (move the pipe in the right direction to match). Repeat the operation, moving the plumb line along the hip line, until you find the exact location for the hole. Circle the base of the pipe with a felt-tip pen on the bottom and cut it.

Cut from the bottom of the mannequin shell to the hip line (bottom line). Put the bottom on the pipe, and try to install it in place. Redistribute the packing if necessary.

Bottom fixing. Tie the shell and bottom with tape in four places. Next, glue the shell around the bottom until it is completely glued.

An ideal stand for a mannequin is the leg of an office chair: it is stable and has the ability to rotate. The diameter of the leg and pipe matched just perfectly, there was no need to seal the junction.

We set the height of the mannequin (you can make it a little higher, taking into account the minimum heels). Measure your height from the seventh cervical vertebrae to the floor. Subtract from it the height of the chair leg to the mark where the base of the mannequin pipe should reach (black in the photo).
Set aside the resulting difference on the mannequin down from the mark of the seventh cervical vertebra (cut off the excess part of the pipe). Put the pipe on the leg of the chair. Your doppelgänger is ready!

Having such a mannequin is the dream of every sewing lover. After all, thanks to him, you can engage in modeling clothes like a real designer. Create draperies, check the accuracy of patterns and fit while sewing, and you never know what else you need such a mannequin for!

Burda magazine suggests making such a mannequin as follows.

For work you will need:

Stuffing (you can use any material at hand),

Scissors with blunt ends

Metal leg-riser (for example, for a microphone or a tripod),

Wide electrical tape (adhesive tape, packaging adhesive tape),

Thick cardboard for the base of the mannequin,

An old hip-length T-shirt

Film for products (for the neck).

What to do - see the images below.

1. Put on a T-shirt (better if it is narrow). The T-shirt will be cut, so donate an item that is no longer needed to create a mannequin.

2. If your T-shirt does not have a stand-up collar, then protect the skin of the neck with food wrap.
3. Apply adhesive tape directly under the bust around the entire torso. Tighten the tape properly so that your future mannequin meets your measurements as accurately as possible.
4. In order not to tighten the chest, stick the tape on it crosswise. Start at the bottom of the left chest and stretch the tape diagonally across the inside of the chest to the right shoulder. Repeat the same on the right chest.
5. In this way, cover the entire surface of the chest with adhesive tapes.

6. After that, work horizontally. Stick the tapes parallel to each other. Apply 2-3 layers of tape to the front and back, stretching to give the mannequin stability.
7. Wrap the neck area again with cling film, then stick short strips of duct tape horizontally around the neck. Don't pull here adhesive tapes too much.
8. This is how the finished torso pasted over with ribbons looks in front and behind.

10. Mark the waist line according to your figure - this will help you later sew more accurately. To do this, lean a little to the side - where a fold appears on the material, make a point with a marker. Repeat the same on the other side. Connect these two points with a straight line.
11. Using scissors with blunt ends (medical, for cutting bandages, for example), cut the mannequin shell along the line of the middle of the back. Cut along with the t-shirt fabric.
12. Gently pull the mannequin shell forward, removing it very carefully so that it retains its shape.

13. Reattach the mannequin shell with short pieces of duct tape.
14. Seal the opening for the neck.
15. Seal both hand holes as well. Only after that you can start stuffing the mannequin.

16. Stuff the mannequin shell with artificial cotton, try to stuff the torso as tightly as possible, then it will be easier for you to work with pins later.
17. Place the torso on the cardboard, trace around the contour, cut out the base, cut a cross in the middle for threading the riser bar. Thread the rod into the mannequin, if necessary, additionally fix its position with adhesive tapes.

18. This is what a finished mannequin looks like, made to measure.

19. To make your mannequin pleasing to the eye, sew a suitable cover made of dense fabric on it. And enjoy your health!

Every seamstress, experienced or, sooner or later realizes the need for a mannequin - for endless fitting and fitting of their creations. The easiest way to find and buy a finished model human body e.g. after the store closes. But this is not always possible, and the prices even for used mannequins bite, not to mention new ones. How to be? You can, of course, use family members for the above purposes, or you can make a mannequin with your own hands using a simple master class. The advantage of this option, in addition to unconditional profitability, is that you can easily make a personal mannequin according to your figure, the figures of loved ones and even regular customers - the only question is patience and storage space finished products. Having learned about the simplicity of this procedure, many needlewomen will immediately ask themselves a lot of questions about how to sew a mannequin with their own hands. We offer several ideas.

How to make a mannequin from tape with your own hands?

We will need:

• unnecessary t-shirt;
• food film;
• a lot of metallized adhesive tape from a building supermarket, at least 100 m;
• 2 cylinders with building foam;
• scissors;
• assistant - you can't do it alone.

Working process:

Of course, this method requires effort and a lot of time, but the result is worth it.

How to make a mannequin for sewing children's clothes?

Such a mannequin is extremely simple to manufacture and is suitable, for example, as a model for tailoring. outerwear. Due to the design features, in order to make a mannequin close to the real size of the child, you can take clothes a few values ​​​​smaller than the current size.

Any novice seamstress sooner or later feels a great need for a tailor's mannequin. With its help, the process of cutting products is greatly simplified. However, such a device is quite expensive, so not every master can purchase it. There is a way out of this situation - try to make mannequins with your own hands. What is needed for this and how to cope with the task, we will tell in our article.

Preparatory stage

Before starting work, decide on the size of the mannequin. If most of the manufactured items belong to the children's category, then it is better to focus on small options. To create such a texture of the human body, the participation of a child of the appropriate age will be necessary.

Do-it-yourself standard mannequins are easier to make, but it also requires the participation of one assistant. The height of the structure depends on the height of the seamstress. On sale, there are mainly devices of average size, with a height of 146 to 179 centimeters.

Plaster mannequin: materials for making

Before you think about how to make a mannequin with your own hands, you need to decide for what purposes a person is being created. If it is needed for tailoring clothes for an individual client, then such a device should repeat all the subtleties and features of his figure. In such cases, it is better to give preference to gypsum products.

If the design should only figuratively repeat the curves of the human body, you can make it from ordinary adhesive tape and food foil. To imagine what both processes look like, we will consider both ways of making do-it-yourself mannequins.

Making a model of a certain person: necessary materials

It will take a lot of effort and patience to create an accurate model of the figure of a person, but the result will justify all these sacrifices. The following materials and devices will be used during the work:

• roll of cling film;
• scotch;
• gypsum mixture;
• polyurethane foam (about 2 cylinders);
• sandpaper;
• paraffin;
• putty;
• medical bandages;
• coat hanger;
• synthetic winterizer or batting.

A laser level is useful for drawing lines of the chest, waist and hips on the layout. But if such a device is not available, you can make a tailor's mannequin without it.

We create the base of the mannequin

If all necessary materials acquired and you have enough free time, you can get to work. To begin with, the assistant (whose layout will be created) should change into clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty.

1. The human body must be carefully covered with cling film. In this case, it is very important not to squeeze the figure and not to tighten the polyethylene too much. If the film was not at hand, you can wrap the figure big packages cut along.
2. Fix the edges of the film on the figure with adhesive tape.
3. Further, the whole body, covered roll material must be covered with adhesive tape. This must be done as carefully as possible so that the material does not squeeze all the natural bulges of the figure. It is more convenient to use small tapes of adhesive tape, no more than 20 cm long. You need to stick them on the body with a slight overlap. Small and textured bulges are best pasted over in pieces of 5 cm.

On this preparatory stage creation tailor's mannequin finished. Here you can relax a little and start kneading the gypsum mixture. Next, the following steps are performed:

1. Medical or cut gauze should be moistened in the prepared solution and begin to apply stripes to the figure. First of all, the tapes are superimposed, starting from the back, over the shoulder and under the chest.
2. In the area of ​​​​the shoulder blades, the material is placed crosswise. This is necessary so that wet bandages do not slip on a slippery base.
3. Gradually, plaster overlays cover the entire surface of the body up to the hips. In order for the form for the mannequin to be strong enough, you need to apply at least three layers of bandage. A larger amount will be physically difficult to withstand.

On this, the manufacture of a mold for creating mannequins with your own hands can be considered finished.

It remains only to wait until the gypsum mortar hardens. At this time, it is worth doing as few movements as possible so that the frame does not deform.

How to make a mannequin at home: filling the form

After the solution hardens enough, the resulting form must be removed from the person. Before that, you need to draw control stripes on the surface, which will serve as a guide when folding the two parts.

Starting from the armpit, the plaster cast is cut on both sides. This is done with a sharp knife so as not to injure the person inside.

At this stage, it is no longer difficult to guess how to make a mannequin with your own hands, because the form for filling with foam is already ready. Next, you need to do the following:

1. To smooth out all the irregularities of the plaster cast, its inner surface must be smeared with putty.
2. After the mixture hardens, a layer of paraffin is applied on top. For these purposes, a pair of ordinary candles is suitable.
3. Now the empty space of the first and second halves is filled mounting foam. This is best done in layers. So the composition will harden much faster.
4. In one of the forms you need to lay a coat hanger. It will give the layout additional strength.
5. At the end, the last layer of foam is applied to one of the halves, after which both parts are pressed tightly against each other. For reliability, it is better to fasten them tightly with tape and leave until the foam dries completely.

After the composition has hardened, the adhesive tape is cut off, and the plaster molds can be easily removed from the finished mold.

Finishing work

So we figured out how to make a mannequin of a person that will accurately display all the features of his figure as accurately as possible. However, the frozen foam mold will be difficult to use as a working material, so now you need to start finishing.

If paraffin remains on the walls of the layout, it must be removed. This is best done with a sharp knife.

Since it is difficult to create a smooth surface with mounting foam, the figure must be sanded with fine-grained sandpaper. In this case, you can not press hard. It is enough to remove large bumps.

Now you need to make a sewing mannequin. No matter how beautiful the white and smooth layout looks, it is rather inconvenient in work, since it is impossible to stick needles into it. To eliminate this drawback, you need to use a thin synthetic winterizer or batting. They need to paste over the entire surface of the figure.

The mannequin is now ready to use. The cost of materials for its manufacture is approximately 1000 rubles, which is 5 times less than the price of the finished model.

Materials for making a papier-mâché mannequin

If you are not ready to spend a lot of time using the previous method, then you can make simpler do-it-yourself mannequins. Of course, in this case it will not be possible to convey the smallest bends of a human figure, but it is quite possible to work with this option.

For work you will need:

• 4 rolls of tape;
• unnecessary t-shirt;
• scissors;
• synthetic winterizer or foam rubber.

In the process of work, an assistant will also be required, since it will be very difficult to do the work on your own.

The process of making a layout

The start of creating a layout in this option is similar to the previous method. Wrap cling film over an old t-shirt and secure with tape. Layer by layer, you need to carefully cover the entire surface of the film and use up a full 4 skeins of adhesive tape. In the chest area, you need to use short pieces of adhesive tape.

When the cocoon of adhesive tape is fully formed, you need to mark the middle of the back. She is marked by cervical vertebrae. For this purpose, it is more convenient to use a plumb line. You also immediately need to apply transverse lines that will indicate how to properly glue the base for the mannequin.

On the drawn line you need to cut the resulting shape. The bottom edge of the layout is aligned with scissors. The resulting form should stand on its own on the table. The layout is ready. Now you can start filling and finishing it.

Final steps

Before making a mannequin out of papier-mâché, we considered the option with foam filling. In this case, it should not be used, since the adhesive tape sheath is inferior in strength to gypsum. This is a lightweight option, and for its stuffing it is better to use foam rubber or synthetic filler.

Consider further actions:

1. The cut on the back must be glued. After that, the layout must be covered again with several layers of adhesive tape.
2. The bottom of the figure should be installed on thick cardboard and circled along the contour. This will make the bottom of the mannequin, which can be glued after it is filled.
3. Inside the shell, you need to carefully tamp the selected filler. Now the holes in the arms, neck and hips can be sealed.

To smooth the surface of the figure, the papier-mâché technique is used. To do this, roll paper must be moistened with water, and when it gets wet, replace the water with PVA glue. In this state, the paper must be placed on the mannequin. When all polyethylene is covered, the product is left to dry for 48 hours.

Making a stand for a mannequin

When the model of a person is ready, it's time to think about how to make a stand for a mannequin. First you need to make a cross from wooden blocks. To do this, a hole is cut in each bar half the thickness of the second bar. This will allow you to evenly fasten 2 elements.

Next, a horizontal stick is attached to them, on which the height of the layout will depend. It can be screwed to the cruciform base using self-tapping screws. Metal or wooden corners can also be used here. The type of fastener is not particularly important, the main thing is that the stand is stable enough.

The layout itself is put on the free edge of the stick. In the case of mounting foam, you do not need to make special holes, and in cardboard it is necessary to foresee one in advance.

Conclusion

We looked at two ways to make mannequins. One is simpler, the other is laborious, but allows you to create a durable layout. In any case, both options can significantly reduce the cost of acquiring a model of the human body.

Undeniable dignity self-manufacturing forms for cutting clothes is that you can repeat the curves of the figure of any person with maximum accuracy. The dimensions of the wooden mannequin (which can be purchased at the store) are standard, which makes tailoring with a large number of fittings. For this reason, it is sometimes more expedient to make a mannequin yourself.