Good Supplier for Faux Fur??? Posted by Gimpdiggity on Jul 28, 2010
Hi everyone.
I've been searching the site, and for some reason whenever I search for "faux fur" it comes back with zero results and suggests I search for "fax fur."
I know I'm doing something wrong...maybe I'm somehow not searching the entire forum...but I've tried it a couple of times and gotten the same result, so I figured I would just ask my question.
I'm interested in getting some faux fur in some bright colors. I would rather not dye the fur at this point in time. I have looked at JoAnn Fabrics, and they didn't have any faux fur that had any length to it. It was all probably only about 1/4-1/2 an inch long. I would like the fur to be about an inch or so long.
Does anyone know of any good suppliers of this material??
Right now I've been thinking about going with some from this supplier:
http://www.mendels.com/fur2.shtml
Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks!
Jeff
Re: Good Supplier for Faux Fur??? Posted by Billy D. Fuller on Jul 28, 2010
http://sspuppets.com/resources/puppet-supplies/
This is a website I'm working on.................. Here I have a list of puppet suppliers.
Re: Good Supplier for Faux Fur??? Posted by Out of the Box Puppets on Jul 28, 2010
I really like the selection Mendels carries. They are very good about sending samples also, which is very helpful. I have purchased from them several times.
Distinctive Fabric also carries furs. http://www.distinctivefabric.com/category.php?cat=LONGFUR. I have never purchased from them, but I know several people here have.
I also sell blacklight reactive red and pink shag. www.outoftheboxpuppets.com.
Julie
ps..WELCOME!!!
Re: Good Supplier for Faux Fur??? Posted by Sunbeatle Puppets on Jul 29, 2010
I have asked about this before and mendels was one of the suggestions i got. I havnt used it yet, but i agree that it looks great, and being able to get samples can definately be helpful
Re: Good Supplier for Faux Fur??? Posted by April Dawne on Aug 04, 2010
Distinctive fabric has really nice fur; several of the puppets I have pictured in my gallery use their fur. The fur on my purple Wimble is from them, the Purple Solid Long-Hair fur, and the fur on the monster with the lavender nose and big eyes (featured on my LOGO as well), was made with their Red 3-Tone fur, which consists of red and black spikes on a brown background. Some of their stuff is pricey, but very good quality.
I have also used two colors of fur from Mendel's, and was completely impressed with it. It's great for monster puppets too. My red furred wimble uses the Crimson Punky Muppet fur, and my bright red monster Gudo is made with the Fire Red Punky Muppet fur.
Their shags look good too, but I haven't used them yet.
