Hello all, any other brits here?

[UKSteve]

Hi,
Although I'm a member of lots of other forums based around my hobbies it never occured to look for one for my profession. :-[

I'm based in the midlands in the UK and upholster full time from home.

I hope I can contribute to the group in someway and hopfully pick up some tips along the way.

Steve.

[byhammerandhand]

Welcome.   Grab a cup of coffee, errr, tea, and join right in.

[sofadoc]

C'mon in Steve. I'll throw another shrimp on the Barbie..........oh wait....... that's the other place ;)......never mind.

Welcome anyway.

[Grebo]

Yep another Brit here, but not in the UK  ;D
Stitching in merry ol Espania.

Suzi

[Darren Henry]

Hi Steve; greetings from the great white north,eh. Welcome to the neighbourhood.

;D and colour is spelled like that too. :P

[fragged8]

hiya
me 3 ,
I'm Richard on the Norfolk Broads. Welcome to THE best forum on the whole web for sewing peeps..

[Mike]

Hi steve from sunny florida  doing marine canvas $ upholstery theers there another  british canvas guy RAF who pops on

[Darren Henry]

Who was the kilt flipper from Aberdeen? I haven't heard of him in a while but he was a great guy. Jock ?? I think. Jock o 36 ???

[CamKrist]

I decided to give a hand and sent a post into social bookmarks. I hope the popularity will rise in.

[UKSteve]

Thanks for warm welcome fellas.

[gene]

Welcome Steve. I don't know any other place where someone can call you a "sewing peep" and it won't start a fight.  :D

I'm not a Brit. It seems to me that you folks across the pond are closer to the old style of re upholstery than we tend to be here in the USA. We do more foam, staples, poly batting, for example. I wonder if that's because of the cost of materials there and because you have a much greater recycling mentality that we do.

And isn't it amazing that whatever hobby you have you can always find others on the web who have the same hobby?

We are truly connected by the world wide web.

gene

[Grebo]

hiya
me 3 ,
I'm Richard on the Norfolk Broads. Welcome to THE best forum on the whole web for sewing peeps..

Surly second best Rich  :P


Suzi

[sofadoc]

Hey Steve, DON'T listen to Gene!!!
He's just "setting you up".

Next, he'll PM you about membership dues.  Don't send him any money. I sent him $39.95 a month for nearly 4 years before I caught on to his scam. I STILL haven't received my laminated ID card.

If you feel that you must make a cash contribution, send it to me. I'll make sure that it goes into the proper account. ;)

[UKSteve]

Sofadoc: Cash? Yes I think I remember that stuff.

Gene, most of my work is older stuff it's true, I've got a victorian deep button chesterfield I'm working on this week. It's still on the original horsehair. Like most I take what I can get within reason, new, old and anything in between.
There is a throwaway culture here the same as most other places, luckily I've carved myself a little niche with people who understand the difference betweeen cost and value, all word of mouth and it keeps me busy.

[Mojo]

Steve:

We used to have several Brit's on here but kicked them all off...............:)

Nahhhhh.....Just kidding. Most Brits do not like associating with a bunch Yanks. Heck I have a hard time associating with these Yanks myself. :)

Chris