Where to buy a female dress form for pattern making

Just.L · Post by **Just.L** » Sat Oct 25, 2014 11:07 pm

Hi!

I'm looking for a female dress form, in order to make my own pattern for sewing!
I'm also looking to buy "muslin" fabric, and a cutting wheel for cutting the pattern?
Does anyone knows shops where i could buy it from directly, or i have no choice but Amazon website?
Oh, and what about wholesale sewing supplies place in Finland?
Thank you!!

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Pursuivant · Post by **Pursuivant** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:43 am

Oh theres a lot of stores... Apparently not in Nuorgam where you live

Theres Eurokangas and the likes. To my knowlege Burda has their patterns online but you can find the books as well - seems they're the most popular. Also theres magazines with patterns, and books...

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:38 pm

I buy muslin by the metre from Eurokangas (I use it for jam-making and filtering fruit juice etc). Cutting wheels can be found in shops like Sinooperi and other craft shops (Fiskars makes them).

I am not aware of any "wholesale" stores but you could try some of the ads and banners that flash up on this website: http://punomo.fi/teeitse/

and it might be worth coughing up the entrance fee and going to the Handicrafts Messut in Tampere next month: http://www.kadentaidot.fi/?snb_adname=s ... b_adtype=2

As for finding a dressmakers dummy... make your own???
But you'll need a friend and lots of duck tape (FIN=jeesusteippi).

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