Just a short post and a few photos of my evil twin brother. Depends on what you watch or where you are from it could be "the evil twin" or from Family Guy "The evil monkey in my closet" or from music "He aint heavy he's my brother" . What it boils down to was finding a way to tailor the clothing items I'm making better than pinning a bunch of pins into myself in front of the mirror. In my recent DIY thread on my first two waist coats I realized they looked nice but as always could be more tailored than a stock pattern. This would require either Jennifer constantly pinning and sizing my items on me or my solving the issue by obtaining a tailors form or a male dummy ( I know ladies thats a statement of the obvious). Well I know without some form of a male form I would be making things look ok but not great. Shopping around the net I found very few male forms and most being very expensive. I ran across a Dritz male form that fits the bill and my pocket book. I know if I ever was real serious about making clothing for others Id spend big bucks but for the items I make myself and family this thing will work. So without further ado I introduce my evil twin brother.

Dritz adjustable male form



This thing adjust in about a dozen ways from height to neck to chest, waist and hips. I figure in time it will help when I make my own kilts but for now it works great with shirts, jackets and vests.

Dummy with vest on inside out



With the adjustable features I can size the shoulders, chest and waist all different. My dad has narrow size large shoulders but a larger than large to XL waist . This is the waistcoat I am working on for him.



Shees Im glad I dont have all these pins in me anymore......



Finished product sized to his torso and shoulders.



Dummies backside and the vest



and one final shot of my faithful Dressmaker circa 50's



When I start my kilt jackets this week I know my dummy will really come in handy. Time will tell how sturdy it is but for the price (140.00$ shipped free) It will pay for itself. Most likely will be set up for me and stay that way for a long time. I just hope I can keep him out of my good scotch.