Trin7 you asked a question at the start of the "great shut out" LOL I bought a dress form several years ago, I don't sew dresses much anymore, in my "early life" I had a form made out of duct tape, and it worked great.
anyway, I think if a person sews much of their own clothing a form can be great, mine is not very expensive it lacks some of the things the more upper scale ones do. I do have 3 dials the adjust the sizes of b-w-h- I have used muslin the make a belt in my waist size, marked neck. shoulder, and body parts so that I don't have to make corrections each time, another great thing is to make a muslin or foundation garment to fit perfectly , I am guessing this doesn't really answer your question, but for me, yes I love my dress form, Rene

I have a "My Double" by Dritz which is ok, but if I could do it over again, I would buy their other model called "My Double Deluxe" that has an off-set pole, as well as a seat and thigh area so I could fit slacks. BTW, this month's issue of Threads magazine has an article on the different dress forms and the positives and negatives of each brand.

Mary

Hi Rene & Mary - thank you for answering my post. I am fairly new to sewing and I'm still trying to figure out what is essential and what isn't. I love the idea of the duct tape form but I will definitely check out the Threads Magazine. Thanks again for your help!

Trin

Trin, glad we could give you some imput, a dress form is not an essential item, to sewing but it is a great help when I mentioned the duct tape form I should have given a web site to help you, so below is a link to Threads Magazine and their old articles on making a form,
hope you enjoy and have fun Rene

Here is a link that might be useful: Duct tape form

Well, I am finally convinced that I need a dress form. I checked the link that rene54 sent and am trying to choose between number 2 and number 4. Which do you guys think will be the best?