Peony Tales: Pantsform ...

I have made for myself a pantsform -- like a dressform, but for the bottom part of me.

Here it is:

And the back:

Yeah, I'm never going to make it as a model. :-)

The idea is to wrap with plaster bandages:

It has to be cut open to get it off, of course:

Sew it back together & then paint green soap over the inside. I think that gives a slippery surface and makes it easier to get the cast off the foam once it is poured. I actually did the green soap paint first, then sewed it up.

I think the legs drooped a bit as it dried, but it isn't apparent in the final form.

The openings were closed up. This thing gets a post down the middle to hang it from. The instructions say to have an assistant hold it, but I didn't want to trouble anyone. I devised some cord to hold it up. I spent a while trying to make sure that the cord held the post in a position such that when it was all done, the form would hang the same way that I stand. I think I actually got about as close as was likely to happen. However, if I use this for hemming, no one should check the level too exactly. :-)

Then the anxiety, er, fun -- the pour:

Ripping off the cast & filing:

The instructions said to cover the form with a drycleaners bag, which I didn't have. My mother pointed out that a garbage bag is also made of thin plastic. The one I used is black, so instead of having a greenish shade, the pantsform is vaguely black, which is fine.