Can a Store Have TOO Much Fabric?
06-13-2010, 02:21 PM
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Originally Posted by MyWifeMadeME
I drove my lovely wife, QuiltingGrannie,to Mary Jo's Fabric Warehouse in Gastonia, NC, this weekend. Yep, waaaaay too much fabric. I get confused because I am partially color blind. 3 hours at the store, I slept about 45 minutes of it. But. a fun trip and she got fabric and some other items. Remember, if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. <grin>
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06-13-2010, 04:41 PM
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Yes, I have been in a shop in Franklin Ten a couple of years ago that had so much fabric in not enough space that you couldn't see half of what was there. It was piled on the floor 2 and 3 bolts deep, you could never see what was in the back. I looked around but didn't like how cramped it was. I only bought a couple yards of fabric but it was overwhelming.
Now I have been in a couple of huge, huge places where most of the fabrics were displayed nicely and you could actually see what was there. It was nice, but I am used to the friendly atmosphere I get at my LQS.
Now I have been in a couple of huge, huge places where most of the fabrics were displayed nicely and you could actually see what was there. It was nice, but I am used to the friendly atmosphere I get at my LQS.
06-13-2010, 04:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Tootsie
Originally Posted by MyWifeMadeME
I drove my lovely wife, QuiltingGrannie,to Mary Jo's Fabric Warehouse in Gastonia, NC, this weekend. Yep, waaaaay too much fabric. I get confused because I am partially color blind. 3 hours at the store, I slept about 45 minutes of it. But. a fun trip and she got fabric and some other items. Remember, if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. <grin>
And I'm gonna tell my husband that there's another DH who has "seen the light"!
06-13-2010, 04:54 PM
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Originally Posted by marsye
Originally Posted by MyWifeMadeME
I drove my lovely wife, QuiltingGrannie,to Mary Jo's Fabric Warehouse in Gastonia, NC, this weekend. Yep, waaaaay too much fabric. I get confused because I am partially color blind. 3 hours at the store, I slept about 45 minutes of it. But. a fun trip and she got fabric and some other items. Remember, if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. <grin>
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06-13-2010, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by MyWifeMadeME
Originally Posted by Tootsie
Originally Posted by MyWifeMadeME
I drove my lovely wife, QuiltingGrannie,to Mary Jo's Fabric Warehouse in Gastonia, NC, this weekend. Yep, waaaaay too much fabric. I get confused because I am partially color blind. 3 hours at the store, I slept about 45 minutes of it. But. a fun trip and she got fabric and some other items. Remember, if momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. <grin>
LOL
And I'm gonna tell my husband that there's another DH who has "seen the light"!
06-13-2010, 06:10 PM
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Originally Posted by IrishNY
Originally Posted by lorli
Tootsie, I agree with you. There is a quilt shop nearby that is overwhelming. I couldn't believe that I spent several hours there and walked out with 1 yard of fabric!
Everyone who's been there agrees that you have to go there with a mission or an out-of-print fabric in mind.
Everyone who's been there agrees that you have to go there with a mission or an out-of-print fabric in mind.
You and I have to be taking about the same place. Fieldstone House, right?
Yes...where are you? Our guild has a dinner meeting there every September.
06-13-2010, 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Tootsie
I visited a quilt shop this week and was so overwhelmed by all of the fabric that I couldn't really "see" what they had! I travel quite a bit and make it a point to find LQSs. Some are smaller and decisions on what to buy are easier. Others are large with hundreds, or thousands, of bolts and I just stand frozen to the spot! I almost feel dizzy! Anyone else experience this?
Fortunately, as evidenced by my stash, this isn't a permanent problem :lol:
Fortunately, as evidenced by my stash, this isn't a permanent problem :lol:
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