Fabric fondler and petter here!! If the LQS is closed and I need to fondle new fabric, I go to the local store that sells Vera Bradley purses and pet/fondle them. One of my DDs is okay with this behavior but not the other DD. The first one is also a sewer and I hope to instill a love of quilting in her. The ladies at the nonLQS store know that I occasionally come in to pet the purse fabric and are mostly okay with it ~ I suspect I am not the only one in town who does that.