What do you look for in a quilt shop
10-26-2011, 09:29 AM
#51
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: central Iowa
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Friendly staff is the most important. I went into a quilt shop one evening when it was advertised as "bring your projects to work on together". I could hear the sewers in back chatting along with the owner. When I peeked in all talking ceased and everyone looked at me like I was intruding, even the owner. I've been in another quilt shop with the same kind of bring your projects evening and was made to feel so welcome with everyone inviting me to come see their projects and have a brownie. I don't know how some quilt shops continue with snotty attitudes. I'm quite sure that my money is as good as their friends'. And since my money's as good as their friends', I also get to decide where I spend my money. She didn't get any of it.
10-26-2011, 10:19 AM
#53
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Front row
Posts: 14,646
Originally Posted by Honeynga
In "my" LQS there was dog poop in the floor.....not to mention dog hair balls everywhere....turned me off big time....sorry, I'll drive to wherever.......haven't been back in there since......
10-26-2011, 10:26 AM
#54
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: West GA
Posts: 460
I think I might of been the only "customer" in there.....I also think I retched and had to get out of there ! I've had animals my entire life and you have to deal with stuff like that...but not in a public place such as a LQS !
10-26-2011, 11:06 AM
#55
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: North Oxford MA
Posts: 943
one of the shops on my shop hop is a smaller house w/small rooms, but a great selection... they also make up kits of all the quilts on display... w/fabric, pattern or book & backing fabric.. it's really crowded during the hop, but it is on that i will take a ride to a few times a year just to check out what they have that's new... and i usually buy it!
10-26-2011, 11:40 AM
#56
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Lumby, British Columbia
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Originally Posted by QKO
Since we have our own online quilt shop, we don't do a lot of buying at other places, but we do visit a lot of LQS's just to see what they're doing and visit with the owners.
Things that make us feel good when we visit are:
Nice and clean and well-organized.
No bad smells - no tobacco smoke leaking out of the office.
Good selection of fabrics tastefully displayed.
Quilts displayed.
Homey atmosphere.
Nice classroom area.
Ditto for me!
In larger stores - long-arms and sewing machines to try out.
and most of all --- Friendly, helpful, but not overbearing service!
Things that make us feel good when we visit are:
Nice and clean and well-organized.
No bad smells - no tobacco smoke leaking out of the office.
Good selection of fabrics tastefully displayed.
Quilts displayed.
Homey atmosphere.
Nice classroom area.
Ditto for me!
In larger stores - long-arms and sewing machines to try out.
and most of all --- Friendly, helpful, but not overbearing service!
10-26-2011, 11:44 AM
#57
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Denver, CO
Posts: 9
I want a friendly, clean shop with lots of examples on the walls. I want it to be well organized by type (batiks, Christmas, etc.) and color. I want baskets of patterns near the quilts hanging on the wall so I can think about making one. I want lots thread.
Examples of great shops here in Denver: Holly's Quilt Cabin and Snappy Quilts.
Examples of great shops here in Denver: Holly's Quilt Cabin and Snappy Quilts.
10-26-2011, 11:50 AM
#58
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Monroe, IN
Posts: 2,283
I was just at a LQS this morning and the first thing that I saw was very cramped quarters. Way too many things jammed into a small space and no room to browse without having to "excuse me" around 5 other customers. I know everyone has different likes when it comes to fabrics, but I love solids and very small prints, so I want to see lots of choices and grouped by color, not manufacturer. It makes picking out several shades of one color so much easier.
10-26-2011, 01:02 PM
#60
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Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,265
Originally Posted by QKO
Since we have our own online quilt shop, we don't do a lot of buying at other places, but we do visit a lot of LQS's just to see what they're doing and visit with the owners.
Things that make us feel good when we visit are:
Nice and clean and well-organized.
No bad smells - no tobacco smoke leaking out of the office.
Good selection of fabrics tastefully displayed.
Quilts displayed.
Homey atmosphere.
Nice classroom area.
In larger stores - long-arms and sewing machines to try out.
and most of all --- Friendly, helpful, but not overbearing service!
Things that make us feel good when we visit are:
Nice and clean and well-organized.
No bad smells - no tobacco smoke leaking out of the office.
Good selection of fabrics tastefully displayed.
Quilts displayed.
Homey atmosphere.
Nice classroom area.
In larger stores - long-arms and sewing machines to try out.
and most of all --- Friendly, helpful, but not overbearing service!
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