My heart is breaking...
10-10-2011, 04:22 AM
#31
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Phoenix, AZ.
Posts: 1,342
I am so sorry to hear your store is closing. There are few nice quilt shops left. Perhaps we/you could start a "Save the Hayloft" campaign? Maybe if we were to all write or email the store they might find a new location for your shop. You know it never hurts to have the public speak their mind. Look what happened with WalMart!! If we can change them, perhaps we can change things for all of you ?
If you think it might help, post some info on how we can contact the store that owns the shop.
If you think it might help, post some info on how we can contact the store that owns the shop.
10-10-2011, 04:53 AM
#33
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Awww..so sad for you and the people who are losing a lovely store. I was planning on visiting the Philladephia area a couple of months ago and The Hayloft was on my 'must visit' list. Sure hope a solution comes up.
10-10-2011, 05:01 AM
#34
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 2,085
NOOOOOOO! I went there for the first time a couple of months ago with some friends and loved browsing through the bolts! The store is well organized and projects are displayed beautifully and so on and so on! I made some nice purchases there and was excited that they had some specific fabric that I really liked!
So sorry that the store is closing. :cry: :thumbdown: It's a unique place.
So sorry that the store is closing. :cry: :thumbdown: It's a unique place.
10-10-2011, 05:10 AM
#37
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Central Indiana (USA)
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that is terrible and hope they can find another location to move to
Originally Posted by SeamRipper
The fabric store closest to me, the one I have gone to since my nose could rest in the cutting groove of the table when I was 3, the store with over 9,000 bolts of fabric, the one where I went when I first started quilting 7 years ago, the store where I work...is closing.
Not due to a lack of business, in fact, it is a hopping place with world-wide customers. But because a discount grocery store bought the building that we call home. For three weeks I, along with my co-workers, have been explaining over the phone, by email, and to customers in the store why we are closing. My heart aches.
We have made so many friends with regular customers. Ladies that drive three hours to come see us once a month and customers that come in once a week to see what is new. I have helped make fabric selections, shared tips, encouraged new quilters, and marveled over completed projects.
I called this my mental health job. How many people actually love their job? I will miss my co-workers, seeing all the new fabric as it comes in, and planning projects with customers. I will also miss the donuts from downstairs, although my hips won't.
We are still hoping for a miracle. I am hoping for a miracle, but in the meantime, I just cry.
Not due to a lack of business, in fact, it is a hopping place with world-wide customers. But because a discount grocery store bought the building that we call home. For three weeks I, along with my co-workers, have been explaining over the phone, by email, and to customers in the store why we are closing. My heart aches.
We have made so many friends with regular customers. Ladies that drive three hours to come see us once a month and customers that come in once a week to see what is new. I have helped make fabric selections, shared tips, encouraged new quilters, and marveled over completed projects.
I called this my mental health job. How many people actually love their job? I will miss my co-workers, seeing all the new fabric as it comes in, and planning projects with customers. I will also miss the donuts from downstairs, although my hips won't.
We are still hoping for a miracle. I am hoping for a miracle, but in the meantime, I just cry.
10-10-2011, 05:25 AM
#40
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central NJ
Posts: 5,571
Originally Posted by sew watts quilter
I had heard about Hayloft closing and some friends and I are making the 2 hour drive tomorrow. By far Hayloft has been my favorite. The staff is so helpful and the selection and prices are great. I keep thinking some fairy godmother will come out of the woodwork and find a solution. By the way, there are plenty of vacant stores in central jersey and we would love a fabric store close by. (I can dream can't I?)
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