Can a Store Have TOO Much Fabric?
06-14-2010, 12:24 PM
#81
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I konw what you mean....Have a quilting shop local and she has fabric in every nook and cranny. Not organized at all and then you go down stairs and rooms and rooms of fabric.....
Another one I go to has lots of fabric, organized, and I could spend hours at that one. Very homey atmosphere...
Karen
Another one I go to has lots of fabric, organized, and I could spend hours at that one. Very homey atmosphere...
Karen
06-14-2010, 01:29 PM
#82
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Originally Posted by MistyMarie
I believe it is all in how it is organized. My LQS does it by color. That is all fine and dandy, until you want to buy several pieces from the same collection. I like when stores group them by collection and then put their blenders by color.
06-14-2010, 02:03 PM
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Last year I went to a very small fabric/quilt shop in Burnsville, NC, and it was really, really FULL of fabric, quilts, books, threads, etc. And I mean really FULL. But everything was on low tables and racks (except on the walls where it was up and up and up!) and brightly lit, and so it didn't seem claustrophobic at all. It was really kind of fun.
06-14-2010, 04:17 PM
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Oh, I can't that I have run across that problem yet, but I can see myself feeling overwhelmed with what choices to make.Unless I had a pattern in mind and knew about what colors, could I manage. I have been known to go into the fabric store and be lost in there for hours and then I feel I have wasted a whole day looking! So I just know if I were to go to a place like Marshalls I would be lost for a week! lol :D
06-14-2010, 04:30 PM
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We are fortunate to live in a metropolitan area. I love the LQS. They range from large to pretty small. Just depends on my mood, the sale and if I am looking for some specific theme.
A few years ago we were in OR and a relative took us to a quilt shop that had 20,000 bolts on 3 levels. OMG, thought I had died and gone to heaven. yes, I did find the specialty themes I was looking for and we had a great time.
On the other side of the question,I found a small shop in Hot Springs, AR and spent a good bit there. Very friendly place, good sale and lots of completed projects/quilts to look at. A fun visit! Enjoy the all! If the staff isn't friendly, I don't care what they have, I won't purchase anything.
A few years ago we were in OR and a relative took us to a quilt shop that had 20,000 bolts on 3 levels. OMG, thought I had died and gone to heaven. yes, I did find the specialty themes I was looking for and we had a great time.
On the other side of the question,I found a small shop in Hot Springs, AR and spent a good bit there. Very friendly place, good sale and lots of completed projects/quilts to look at. A fun visit! Enjoy the all! If the staff isn't friendly, I don't care what they have, I won't purchase anything.
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