A shop in at he region has been rated by in the top ten by Better Homes and Garden Quilt Magazine this year is up for sale; the whole building in Winterset, Iowa. She is an experienced shop owner, and I do not know why she is selling out...she has owned a shop for a good many years and has fabulous four state bus tours every year. A another quilter and I go on an All Iowa Shop Hop every year to support small/medium/large shops in Southern Iowa. Our local hometown quilt shop closed her doors at the end of December. One quilt shop I went to and loved in Chariton, Iowa, is closing out fabric and closing her store.
Times change. Change is the constant thing in business and in life. I would rather buy fabric and 'feel' it, even 'pat' it at a shop than to buy online. Those who do sell online, I may order from and feel that I know what I am getting in fabric lines. We have found new shops every June in Iowa during the shop hops. They are getting to be far, far away from us, but hope to go on our yearly trips few more years. Have a good stash, but cannot resist a quilt shop, or book store, or a good eating place. Or combine all three on a trip. LOL! Love this thread.