First post on a forum ever, so ... hello!

[Vintage Style Mannequins]

Hi, as the title says, this is my first ever post! I thought I would just bite the bullet and dive straight in! So glad I found this forum, I hope that in time I will be able to give and receive lots of advice. I live in Southport and love sewing on my trusty (very old!) singer machine. I hand cover mannequins (dress forms) in lovely fabrics, so I am always on the lookout for different kinds of fabrics to use. Julie.

[PeggyCrafts]

Hello and welcome that sounds like an interesting job! I'm sure you will enjoy the forum!

Helen

[sherrielinda]

hello & a warm to you

[Autumn Faerie]

hi there to the forum

[SarahandIan]

Hi and welcome. Lots of advice here.x

[Caroleecrafts]

Hello Julie and to the forum

[indri]

to the forum

[GonetoEarth]

Hello

Hello and welcome.

I'd love to see some photographs of what you do. It sounds absolutely fascinating.

[Vintage Style Mannequins]

Thankyou!

Thankyou for the messages of welcome! Julia, if you want to see some pics, then click on the link at the bottom. The website is about 2 months old now - and boy, was THAT a steep learning curve to set it up. But it's done now (mostly!)- I just need to keep making the mannequins now. Regards, Julie.

[Jo Lovejoy]

Hello Julie and to the forum.

Jo x

[Louise88]

Hello and

[autumn rose]

Hello & from me too!

[sillyoldbear]

Hi

Welcome to the forum. I have just had a look at your webiste - it's lovely. Very easy to navigate around and the colours are very cooling! It's so interesting finding out what people do!

Sharon

[kittykent]

Love your site! The mannequins are works of art themselves. Oh, to have a waist like that.
There's a good online fabric shop I often use for cottons & I notice they have linens too...in the states unfortunately. Denverfabrics.com. Postage might be prohibitive with linen though..

good luck,

[Vintage Style Mannequins]

Hi, thanks for the feedback on the site! It's good to know that it is easy to navigate - I've learned so much in setting it up. Thanks for the link to the fabric site - I'll have a look at that. I'm actually looking for good quality animal print fabric at the moment - medium weight cotton or linen, but I'm finding it very difficult to source. I've put a thread on another part of the forum, but not many replies yet, so I guess it's quite difficult to come across.

I love looking at all your sites too!

Julie.