Seriously need help

I like my Adjustaforms, in 8 sections. I know they are sold on your side of the pond, but I don't know by whom. Maybe you could contact them?

Thanks, Kate, I have sent them an e-mail asking about distributors over here and/or S&H from there to here.

Beverly

I received a (very promt!) reply from Adjustoform.com, they are sold under the Dritz name in the U.S. I'm currently loking at the Dritz MyDouble

My Double Deluxe: TSWLTH has a coupon for tomorrow at 50% off, I called and they will apply it to Dritz forms.

Thanks!

Beverly

Yay! Govered in lots of win! :)

I have an old 'medium' My Double type, UK size 10-14, and a new Full Figure, plus an older medium Helena, and a new child form and male form.

Yjey are very useful, if not a complete substetute for the actual person.

Tall her to watch out for the shoulders: they are rather broad and square. No more so than any other dress stand, but more than the average female figure.

You can occasionally get a kit for padding dress forms to cope with full tummies and busts on smaller frames, and that might be useful down the line. A bit easier than trying to stuff a T shirt, anyway! :D I'm on the look-out for the kit.

She sews only for herself (so far), so she'll have the actual person, too. ;-}

Thanks, I'll be sure to let her know.

My biggest dilemma at the moment is decided whether to buy her a "petite" or "small". She is 14, and seems to have stopped growing. She's about 5'3", which means a petite would probably be better for her current shoulder-to-waist measurement. However she is newly diagnosed as having hypothyroidism, and has started taking a medication, so her tallness factor may get kick started. Which means that a petite might be fine for now, but wouldn't be so great if she takes off.

I think I'll get her a small for now, then get her one of these for high-school graduation:

Betcha can't tell I'm THRILLED to have a sewist DGD! ;-)

Mmm... If I was only sewing for one - ! I love that you can get legs and arms for that set. Trouble is, I'd need them in all the sizes, from size six up to about a 28!

Yeah, that would run into some major £££s! But for a one-time gift, not so bad.

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Indeed, I no idea where I would store 22 dressmaking forms, and I have a large unfinished basement. However it's still full of stuff I have yet to donate/sell/give away.

My loft and sewing room are stuffed to the rafters AFTER doing that! And we have regular charity shop runs to keep up with the stuff we gave growm/shrunk out of or no longer want or need.

No matter how much I clear out I don't seem to make much headway. I was married for 41+ years to a man who was sure the minute he got rid of something he would instantly have an urgent need for it. So never got rid of anything. :-}

For years DH and I saved everything. When my mother was no longer able to care for herself and needed a nursing home,DH and I had to clean out her home. It was the most difficult job I ever had to do. I swore I would try very hard not to do that to my children. As a result we do a big clean out one a year and smaller ones during the year. It's amazing how much you find that is really not worth much and can go out. Right now I'm going through hundreds of recipes I've saved over the years. I've thrown away the equivalent of several large recipe books. The computer has made it easier to collect recipes, so the pile grows. As I go through them I realize I would have to live to bee 200 to cook everything I've saved. If I don't do these clean outs there would be no room left for us.I hate clutter so that makes it easier. Last week I did a closet that I store extra serving pieces, baking pans that kind of thing. There were things in there that I haven't used in 10 years so out they went. I figure that if I really need something I've thrown away, I can borrow it from one of my children or rent it. Juno

So did we. ;-}

When DH's parents came to live with us, we cleaned out their home, brought precious stuff here and had an estate sale outfit sell everything else. We ended up with a precious family LOT of stuff.

I made the same vow. I'm working at constantly, but I just don't seem to make a dent.

BTDT,GTTS

I am trying, really I am....

S/B "We ended up with a LOT of precious family stuff."

Guess I'm more tired than I thought. ''Night...

Stuff has a life of it's own. It's sort of like topsy, just grows!!

I figured that was the problem. The great spelling bug gets us all.

In my case it's more a typing bug. I am not a skilled touch typist, and you have seen the result...

That certainly seems to be the case here!