I normally find that the ladies in quilt shops are wonderful, but there is always that one person who has to ruin it for the rest. I discovered that one person when I was on a Shop Hop. Our Shop Hop is done once a year (in May) and it used to cover 3 states; Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming. The shop in Utah didn't sign up so we're down to 2 states now. It takes 2-3 days to cover all the stores & the driving covers about 1000 miles, or it did when I had my bad encounter. I live in Idaho and hit the LQS in Jackson, Wyoming. At every store they had something special on sale and it was my first time ever participating. I walked into the store and asked the gal working there what they had on sale for the Shop Hoppers. (We buy a passport so we can prove we're part of the special Hoppers & each store stamps them. This way someone just off the street doesn't come in and gobble up the special sales.) This lady went off on me, screaming at me and going on and on about how whatever they had on sale was listed and all I had to do was look. Needless to say, I didn't buy a thing and I refused to go to that store again for several years, except to get my passport stamped during the shop hop. Since then that lady has moved on and the new gals working there are all wonderful, but it took several years to remove the bad taste from my mouth.
Madquilter - the store lady was right, your quilt is a nightmare and you simply must send it to me so that you never have to look at it again! ;)
You men need to move here to Idaho Falls! Men are adored whenever they walk into a LQS and they tend to receive a lot of attention. Of course, we're used to having men belong in the quilt guild and John Flynn was giving classes here before he got famous, so we expect men who quilt to know what they are talking about. And men think differently from women, which makes their quilts interesting. Plus they come up with great ways to solve issues and problems that most of us women never think of. Come here and you'll get treated like you are famous!
Originally Posted by JJs
Have you been to a quilt shop that the clerk follows you around because they just know you are out to rip them off?
Granted, this particular shop had been stolen from - whole bolts of fabric slipped off the boards - but it wasn't me, and I really resent turning around and the clerk is right in my face watching me like a hawk...
Yes, I spent money there, no, I will not go back....
:shock: I can't even imagine where to stuff a bolt of fabric! Good grief, how sad. If they're that worried, put in some video camera's. They aren't that expensive!