Originally Posted by Fabricnut
My suggestion would be to keep the owners' husbands out of the shop. Two of our LQS have husbands in them and they act as "know it alls".so I don't like to go there often. The women are nice and helpful though. They have classes often plus block of the month with several types of blocks at different skill levels.
Sorry but I had to get that one off my chest.
You have a point. But it depends on the situation - in my favorite LQS the husband is the sewing machine fixer-upper! He's awesome, last time I was in a poor woman brought in a Bernina she had bought not long before (she was a beginner, too), and the saleswoman went upstairs to get the husband/co-owner. He came straight down and clucked and cooed over the machine, and looked at it straight away while she was there. She ended up leaving with a sub (same model), and I left with a ton of fabric and a great feeling that these people were going to take care of me.
But you're right, if the husband - or wife, etc. - is just a meddler then they need to stay home. Or upstairs. :)