A few things that keep me going back to certain quilt shops:
- One store gave me a cloth shopping bag when my purchases approached $100. I get 10% off my purchases when I take it back on subsequent trips. Another store does the same with $50, but the bags aren't quite as nice, as if that matters!
- Another store has an old chest of drawers STUFFED with scraps of every size, shape and color. You grab what you want and they charge you something like a quarter an ounce.
- Fat quarter frenzies a time or two a year -- 10 FQ's for $10. Thread sales -- buy 2, get one free.
- 38" yards.
- Friendly, helpful, multi-generational, knowledgeable, non-judgmental, no-gossip staff.
- Quilts hanging all over the place for inspiration.
- File cabinet filled with free patterns of all sorts.
There are some very creative and considerate shop owners out there.