Mary Jo's Fabric Store
02-27-2013, 06:59 PM
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Fay, thank you for sharing that story about your husband! What a sweetie, to know you just so -- and come get you. You were sad at the end, and I am thinking you are by yourself now. =( grief is just awful, and I hate it for you. But I am really glad that you told us that. I loved it, it made me cry too!! =))
02-27-2013, 07:01 PM
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Location: Michigan. . .FINALLY!!!!
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02-27-2013, 07:08 PM
#16
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: was Upstate NY, now NC & TN
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I remember going to Mary Jo's about 20 years ago for the first time. This was before the internet was very prevalent but my DH, being a computer programmer, made us the earliest adopters of everything. Anyhow, I'd heard online about this amazing store in NC. We took a 10 day vacation in the south (with four kids ages 1-7) and stayed somewhere different every night. I dragged us way out of our way to go to Mary Jo's and my DH took the kids to get something to eat. I loved it and never expected to get back which almost made me wish I'd never been there to begin with (almost!). Now I live an hour from MJ's and go often. I'll never forget what it looked like to me the first time.
02-27-2013, 07:10 PM
#17
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Morgantown, PA area
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Mary Jo's is awesome, but I have a special memory of that store. After a week long motorcycle trip through W.V. Mary Jo's was my last stop on my way back home to Atlanta. I was hot and exhausted, but not enough to forgo Mary Jo's. My husband called while I was in the store. I had told him I planned to spend the night in Gastonia, but I just wanted to be home. It was another 5 hours. I walked out of the store with my wonderful purchases, trying to figure out where I was going to add them to an already overloaded motorcycle. My husband was sitting in the parking lot in his pickup, with the ramps. We loaded the bike, I stripped off the hot leather and rode home with my feet in front of the air conditioner vent. It's one of my favorite memories of him. Now when I visit Mary Jo's, I take a moment to remember him meeting me there. Okay, crying now, but just wanted to share that.
02-27-2013, 07:46 PM
#18
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Richmond, VA.
Posts: 348
I'm smiling just thinking of the place. Once the weather breaks, I'm taking a road trip. It's the only quilt store I've ever been to that has a waiting lounge so those who don't want to shop for fabric can wait inside while the rest shop. A destination fabric store! Are there others?
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