My friend and I go to a neighboring state for a Shop Hop. Every September. We visit 23-25 shops in 2 days. How the shops display their merchandise and the samples they have made from the fabric lines make a lot of difference in the time we spend in each shop.
The friendliness of the staff and the availability of kits helps us decide what we are going to buy. We are lucky to have so many options and to be able to go and look.
It is amazing that there are so many fabric lines that you can visit that many shops and they all reflect the personality of the owners and the needs of their clientele and are not the same. Happy stitching from Oklahoma.