What a lovely experience. I had heard great things about this shop from my fellow historical reenactors, and since I'm shopping for fabric for my wedding outfit- which is based on our reenactment place and timeline- I figured this would be a great place to try.
From the moment Mom & I walked in, we had great interactions with the staff. The lady at the register by the door asked what we were looking for; when I told her we were there for my wedding dress fabric, she said, "well, we aren't going to have a lot of conventional wedding dress fabric." "I know, that's why we're here!" "Oh... reenactors?" "Yep!"
We were directed to the fabric room and were immediately assisted by a wonderful woman (whose name I have sadly forgotten!), who was tremendously knowledgeable, very helpful, very pleasant, very kind, and very happy to be helping me with this project! She was also great about educating me on their class offerings- including rug braiding, which I am interested in learning.
I had gone on their website ahead of time to get some product numbers to look at. The aforementioned employee produced the desired fabrics in a jiffy, even educating me on the washable properties and showing me swatches of my chosen fabric that had already been washed and somewhat felted.
Lucky me, the fabric I chose was on sale! Yay!
We were cashed out at the register in an efficient manner.
Overall, this was a great experience and I have already recommended Dorr Mills to other friends in the reenactment community. read more