Originally Posted by Shibori
A staging area would be nice. The few I've been in locally don't have a place for you to lay several bolts out aside from the cutting table and then they need you to move so they can cut. I'd like a cleared off table over to the side maybe next to a wall where you can stand up your choices and have some distance to back up and view them.
I totally agree with this, I don't want to have to drag the bolts into the classroom either. Maybe jsut a small table here and there in the store with a sign encouraging people to stage the bolts here.
Another thought too, maybe in the classroom you could turn one wall into a design wall? Hang batting up on the entire wall. This way people can use it when they are there for classes or all day quiltathons or if they are like me and don't have enough room for a design wall, they could come in and use it for a current project, take a pic and be on their merry way (with a few extra FQs tucked in for good measure! :))
Cheers!
Rachel