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06-02-2011, 07:29 AM

#671

AngieS

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Location: Western Kentucky

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I love the FART idea! LOL

06-02-2011, 07:30 AM

#672

MFQS

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Join Date: Feb 2011

Location: Maryland - USA

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We've have many "fabric petters" that come in here. One wonderful older woman proudly proclaims that she hasn't finished a quilt in 25 years - she just loves to buy and pet the fabric!

06-02-2011, 07:37 AM

#673

AngieS

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Quote:

Originally Posted by MFQS

We've have many "fabric petters" that come in here. One wonderful older woman proudly proclaims that she hasn't finished a quilt in 25 years - she just loves to buy and pet the fabric!

So what does she do with it when she buys it? Our shop lady gets the name brands at like closeouts and is able to pass the deals onto us. I can usually go in there and get great fabrics for around $4-$5 a yard......depending on what I'm looking at. The fabric that I just got the other day with the brown, teal, yellow and orange-they were $4.09 a yard. Love them!!

I got 1/2 yards of each (there were 14) except I bought all of the stripes-I think there was a yard and a half left on the bolt. I will use that as the binding. ;) I would have loved to have bought at least a yard of each but couldn't.

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06-02-2011, 07:49 AM

#674

Jennifer22206

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Location: state of confusion

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MFQS I'm at the shore area. One day this summer I'll bring my daughter to your shop for a FART. I'll pm you before I go to make sure you're there when DD and I come. :)

06-02-2011, 07:54 AM

#675

AngieS

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Jennifer that sounds like fun! I'm in KY so no FARTing here! LMBO!!!!

06-02-2011, 10:53 AM

#676

AngieS

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Someone should be getting something soon that I mailed out on Tuesday.

06-02-2011, 11:47 AM

#677

MFQS

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Join Date: Feb 2011

Location: Maryland - USA

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She just loves it, pets it and puts it in her collection. I joked with her about her will but she said it's no laughing matter... her son knows which ones of her quilter friends to call when she dies - it's all written down!

Here at MFQS we have what I call a "stash exchange". Customers bring in fabric from their stash and as long as it's at least 1 yard, is not washed, quilt shop quality and is from a non-smoking home we measure it, board it and give them $2.50 store credit for each yard. We re-sell it for $5/yd so we always have some less expensive (but not lesser quality) fabric. I hate the higher prices now and I don't want any of our customers to be priced out of quilting!