DebraK

lol, same here ;-)

DebbyT

Where is this shop. My husband offered to go with me yesterday and I told him he would be board. Where I went was not where you describe.

mayday

NOT REALLY QUILTING ,but my DH used to petit point and had a very good relationship with the lady owner of the sew shop and she used to serve a farmer who did this too but could not use wool as he had rough hands so used silks.
A chap with whom I worked many years ago was the neatest embroiderer I have ever seen and he went lots of places to buy linen/tranfers/silks etc .

lallyann

That is the coolest idea! In the few shops I've been in with my husband, he tried to find a chair to just sit and wait, or he walks around with me looking extremely bored! LOL! needless to say I try not to take him with me ;)

momymom

Before we moved, I visited a great quilt shop in TN. My husband was welcomed with open arms, but for a different reason. He did all the computer work for awhile. They had had some problems with the pos system for weeks. Computer company had even flown in a tech to fix it, and it didn't work. I convinced the owner to let my DH have a look. It took less than an hour for him to fix it. Of course it was something simple. Sadly we moved, the owner sold the shop, and 2 other quilt shops have been in that space. Both have since gone out of business.

wvdek

My DH does not quilt, but has asked me why some quilt shops welcome the DH's with greeting, cold drink, and chairs or benches to wait on and some just plain ignore you? I said I didn't have the answer but if I ever own a quilt shop, the guys will have shade trees with benches, lawn chairs, cold sodas, and during bad weather, they will have a room of their own with tv, chairs, cold sodas/coffee,and their own bathroom. He thought that was a pretty good idea.

Our local LQS is owned and operated by a man and his brother sometimes helps out. Robert is very friendly and helpful to all folks who come in.

moonrise

I've got a bad knee and it's hard for me to get around, so DH does a lot of my shopping for me. He's the type that's never met a stranger. In fact, he's quite a charmer when it comes to the "little old ladies" who work at the local stores. :)

A couple of weeks ago when I was looking to buy a quilting machine and frame, DH went into a certain sewing machine store, trying to find out what brands they carry. He was totally snubbed by the "little old lady" working there. She wouldn't even talk to him. Her nose was so high up in the air that if it had rained, she would've drowned! ;) He finally picked up a brochure and left. I don't know if it was because he's male, or if she didn't like his appearance (he'd just gotten off work a couple of hours prior), or what.

I bet if she'd known he'd just been by the bank and had cash money in his pocket, he would've been treated very differently.

Oh well. It's her loss. We bought everything elsewhere (got a better deal, too). :-P

I told him he should take my new sewing machine up to the store, wave it around, and tell that snooty "little old lady":

You work on commission, right?
Big mistake.
Big.
Huge!
I have to go shopping now!

(From the scene in Pretty Woman)

:lol:

Vanuatu Jill

My hubby drives me everywhere, so yes, he goes into the shops with me sometimes, but really can't understand why it takes me so long "just to pick out fabric"!!!Makes me nervous and uncomfortable so I try to get him to find something to do and come back for me-having said that, the other day in Joann's (Escondido store), the manager was SOOOO nice to both of us, he chatted with her while I tried to make up my mind and made him feel really welcome. I have gone back a few times, and told her how much we appreciated her help and friendliness.

skothing

Is that the shop in Grove City?

Lostn51

Tell me about it, as God is my witness it will be a cold day in Hell before I visit anyones LQS around here.

When I first was getting into quilting I went to our shop here in town and they looked at me like I was lost. Then when I told them what I was sorta looking for here comes the sales pitch about buying a machine. It was bad enough they thought I was a bum with no money at first (just left the automotive paint store and went straight there) I told them that dont worry money was no object. Then their attitude change a bit to see how much they can milk out of this sucker.......

After I told them that all I wanted was material and thread they asked what kind of machine I was using. I told them it was a 1911 Singer 27 in a treadle and the lady told me "Good luck with that" And I looked her in the eyes and told her what part of my anatomy she could kiss and walked out.

Billy