If you drive by a Quilt Shop Do You Always Stop?

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01-03-2011, 05:27 PM

#61

julie777

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I do when i have time expecially if it is a small town shop

01-03-2011, 05:31 PM

#62

olebat

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My sales resistance is the red line in the bank account. Locally, watch the flyers and make the "rounds". When traveling, stops are often programed. DH walks the dog, I "look around".

01-03-2011, 05:37 PM

#63

yellowsnow55

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No longer drive due to disability. doesn't stop me "stopping" at online stores though!

01-03-2011, 05:39 PM

#64

BETTY62

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Yes, I can't help myself.

01-03-2011, 05:44 PM

#65

Peggybluebird

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Anytime I travel, I scope out what quilt shops are along the way, and plan those stops. It is amazing to see the variety between shops. I have found so much inspiration, even if I don't buy anything, but I almost always find something or several things I need!

01-03-2011, 06:28 PM

#66

pignwdw

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I was in Portland OR a few years back for a convention and did my own "shop hop" on the Oregon coast on the way home. It was lots of fun.

01-03-2011, 06:42 PM

#67

QuiltnCowgirl

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No - because that would be too much like my ex-husband and his model railroad obsession. He knew where every model railroad hobby shop was in a tri-state area. We could never not stop if we were in the vicinity of one of the towns he knew had one. Scary, very scary obsession. I will personally pull the plug on my quilting if I ever even appear to be getting that way.

01-03-2011, 07:15 PM

#68

SunlitenSmiles

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laughing....went on a cruise ship to alaska....had directions to the quilt shops and did not miss any...same goes for a motorcoach trip to Canada and a rocky mountain trip to Colorado....really special memories and fabrics

01-03-2011, 07:26 PM

#69

SunlitenSmiles

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i have seen the maps for the oregan coast quilt run....really looks like fun...really love driving along the coast anyway...my Daughter and i did the central coast (california) quilt run last year and it was awsome....stayed the night in Morro Bay, what a great little town! did the second half of the shops on the way back to Southern California

01-03-2011, 07:28 PM

#70

jaciqltznok

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NEVER...first, the closest one is about 28 miles away...second, I have over 3,000 yards of fabric, 200 books, 100+ patterns, etc, etc..and I have made all of ONE quilt in the last 3 years.....I am hoping that will change when I get my online store all closed up....sigh...