just like all the differences in us as individuals---quilt shops are owned by individuals why tend to fill their shops with what they are drawn to- often the owners and their close friends/return local customers - location/local beliefs=tendencies tend to dictate what the shop will be filled with I'm pretty (Eclectic) ; I seem to have a stash filled with a vast assortment of fabrics- wools, homespuns, reproductions from the 1800's and the '30's, Orientals, batiks, florals, novelties, solids, blenders, stripes & polka dots...the list goes on & on- I love finding a shop with something I have not tried/used before- to see something new is exciting and inspirational. it would be a pretty boring *quilting world* if all the shops carried the same thing & we all made the same quilt.
