Originally Posted by
dunster
the sales ladies, although very nice, don't often have much quilting experience, and there aren't that many quilts hanging on the walls.
I'm surprised at how different your experiences are from mine! There are probably 15-20 quilts hanging from the ceiling in the quilting cotton section, plus another 10-15 on the wall over the doors. It may not
look like a lot of quilts, because the store itself is enormous, but if you compare how many quilts are hanging in FD to how many are hanging in your LQS, I think you'd be surprised to find the number is very comparable. And every time I've chatted with a clerk, we've discussed quilting challenges, techniques, and designs. I think in the 20+ years I've been shopping there, I've run into maybe 4 clerks who didn't quilt. They were, however, able to direct me to another employee who could answer my question or help me with a problem.