Dress Form Pin Holder: free PDF sewing pattern

📍 Level: beginner • Video tutorial length: 15 min

Make this original pin holder shaped like a mini dress form, which attaches directly to your sewing machine! An accessory that is both practical and decorative for your sewing space. A quick, fun project, perfect for using up fabric scraps.

📏 Sizes

One size: the dress form is about 24 cm tall and fits most sewing machine columns.

🧵 What you need

• Fabric for the dress form: 1 square of 24 × 24 cm (cotton or poplin, your choice)
• Fabric for the base (machine attachment): 1 rectangle 9 cm high × (column diameter + 10 cm) wide
• Hook and loop tape: 5 cm for the base closure
• Stuffing: toy filling to stuff the dress form
• Matching thread, scissors, pins, sewing machine

📐 Cut fabric dimensions

• Dress form: 24 × 24 cm
• Attachment base: 9 cm × (column diameter + 10 cm)
• Hook and loop tape: 5 cm

📄 What this free pattern includes

• the full-size pattern, available in French, English, German and Spanish;
• three paper formats: A4 for French, German and Spanish, and A4 plus US Letter for English;
• the instructions for the attachment base and 1 cm seam allowances;
• a 5 cm test square (and 1 inch on the US Letter version) so you can check the print is at 100%.

✂️ Technical details

• Mini stuffed fabric dress form
• Adjustable base with hook and loop tape, to fix around the sewing machine column
• Handy for keeping pins and needles within reach
• Decorative and useful for the sewing room

🎬 The video tutorial