Originally Posted by Jennifer22206
I wish I could support my one (not so L) LQS. She charges upwards of $15 a yard for cotton fabric. I just can't afford that, and she won't let my DD who's 2 in her "pristine" shop because she's afraid of sticky fingers.
Even I would not pay $15 a yard. I'll pay up to $7.98 a yard if I really like what I see and want it. I also like to use coupons in stores that allow them (don't thinK LQS have coupons) but they do have sales areas.
As far as children goes now that I think of it can't say I've ever seen any in JoAnn's , Hancocks and even our Walmarts here when there are children the workers tell parents to control there children if they start pulling out fabric or touching it and such. And in the LQS I've never seen any child in there in all the times I've been there with the exception of my 8 yr old GD who loves to sew. I don't think children are forbidden in there.
These women that come in there are serious quilters and want there space and probably why they don't bring there kids or grandkids if they have any. It's like there heaven away from home. :-)
I did see at out local Walmarts the other day when talking with the department manager where a woman had two toddlers in her cart and they were just messing with the fabric pulling and tugging at it and one of them had chocolate all over her hands. The department manager pulled the brand new bolt and asked the lady if she was going to pay for that piece of fabric her child had just messed up with her chocolate. The mom was busy running her mouth with some other lady and not paying attention to her child. NOT SAYING EVERYONE'S CHILD does this kind of stuff because many parents do tend to there children but alot more don't so perhaps this LQS has had a bad experience in the past and reason she is not allowing children in her shop. It's usually not personal to anyone just a policy they have in there shops. Let's face it there are just some speciality stores that children do not belong in and reason for the policy.