I am so sorry you were treated this way! It's disgusting, there should be no discriminating, on any basis. But, we do not live in a perfect world. I would never go to that LQS again. That's how I pay them back, I have one LQS here that just recently changed hands,but before that I stopped going there, because any help I asked for she acted like it was too much trouble. I stopped going there after the third time I went in there. It upset me so much I opted to make a 120 mile round trip to get my fabrics and notions.
Like it has been stated, just ask your questions here and we'll help you all we can. There are some really talented people, and they are so kind.