Originally Posted by Annaquilts
If you have a million you won't need to open a shop you can just quilt day and night. Woohoo!
Wow! You ladies have come with some wonderful ideas. I will have to add the childcare area and the tea/coffee corner.
I think if I have a million, I would still not be able to just day in and day out. Now a days 1 million is really not a hole lot of money, since by the time I get a house, make sure my family is well taken care of and secure a future, there wouldn't be much left. The idea of the shop not only would give me the opportunity to be around by people who like the same I do, I would have m hands in fabrics all day and would be in the kind of environment I love. I would be talking every day with different persons with different stories and really enjoying what I am doing. I am sure that I may not be finishing many quilts, at least at the beginning, for just the idea to visualize such a large space filled with happy people being creative, makes me happy.
I even have the grand opening pictured in my head. I would go for a reception at the store with everyone nicely dressed, kind of "red carpet" style, but the people coming to it would not just be the big names in the industry, but customers. Something in the order of send for your tickets and come for a special night of cocktails, conversation and of course, shopping.