Cute LOL

My DH is really good when we travel about asking if I need to stop in a quilt shop in an upcoming town. If we do stop, he finds a shade tree to park under while I shop. Invariably, I will look up after 15 or 20 minutes and he is walking in asking me if they have a bathroom!!!!

Now that is funny. Thanks for the morning giggle.

When I saw the title of this thread, I thought it might be about men who WORK in a LQS. (LOL) My wife and I don’t have any employees, so I work in our little shop off and on. Instead of a LQS, our shop could probably fall under the heading of a Fabric and Sewing General Store.

The ladies get a kick out of seeing me at one of our machines mending or hemming jeans or putting a zipper in a coat when they come in. Most of them comment to my wife about putting me to work. My wife always tells them that she finally “found some help, not much help, but cheap help”.

When my wife has an appointment somewhere and needs to be gone, I work the shop in her place cutting fabric, cutting fat quarters, cutting lace, cutting ribbon or trim, cutting elastic, cutting batting and whatever else the customers want. Five years ago when I first started and had a request for something that I wasn’t real familiar with (and had THAT look on my face), most of the ladies took me under their wing and helped me find it and/or get it for them. Now I’ve graduated up to helping decide which 5 fabrics go best together, and some ladies even insist that I give them my opinion when I’m available.

We have men come in the shop all of the time. A few of them are quilters, and some are farmers. Did you know that a piece of leather treadle sewing machine belt can be used as a substitute for a grease seal in an antique hay rake wheel hub? Or that 1/8” foam sheeting makes a good air conditioner filter cover for a Ford tractor?

CD in Oklahoma

LOL, I had to read that to my dh. He thought it was funny too.

Reminds me of when I was in the supermarket and I ran into a friend on the Deli line who asked how my quilting was going. I guess my mind was on fabric when it was my turn. The clerk asked me "how much cheese" and I said 1/2 yard. Everone got a good laugh.

Thanks for the chuckle!

Priceless!!!

hysterical!

Mine has no problem going into LQS or JoAnns. One time when I had been grousing about a problem I was having with a quilt while we were in JoAnns, he wandered off. I didn't think anything of it until he comes back with some lady he had started talking to about my problem. It's funny now, but at the time I was a little bit embarrased :oops:

Hang onto him. He was easy to get into the fabric store.

great laugh........good guy he is......

Thanks for the cute story.

Glad everyone got a chuckle out of this. I know I did at the time. I agree, he is a keeper. He not only goes in the store, he looks for things I need or finds things for me that might be of help or that he thinks is interesting. And.... he pulls out his credit card whenever I ask. He makes me things I could use in my sewing room, he rearranges all the furniture in there when I ask. And never complains that I am spending too much time sewing. I am so spoiled... I am keeping him.

Usually, the men who come into my store ask for "feet."

That is too cute....lol

I still hang out with my ex husband, he comes to quilt shops with me, and we just went to the Minnesota quilt show as well. Back in Sept of last year we were in a quilt shop in Arizona, and he sat down to take a break next to these fabrics, they looked so much like the shirt he was wearing I had to take a pic. What do ya think ;-) ?

My husband went into a quilt shop with me one time when we were on vacation. The ladys in the shop went right by me like I was not even there they went right up to him and said can we help you. He looked at me and said I will be outside sitting down LOL

Nearly had coffee spurt outta my nose when i read " 2 quarts"
That is so precious! Bless his heart for being the guy to take it to cutting table anyways. Thanks for the laugh! I hoped u made him his quilt too for that!

quilt shop jerry sure did blend in right smartly!

Kalena....liked your story too !

Darlene516....funny!!

It is always fun to shop at Janet's in Ocean Springs. Sometimes my children think I have moved in over there! Great people, good place to go for thoughts and opinions... and help!

Took my DH to LQS which on vacation, and what a great idea. Everything I liked he said go ahead and get, and even though I'm pretty sure he just wanted out of the store, I ended up with $213 worth of goodies (along with an angel panel he wants me to make for his sister)

Several years ago, a friend was closing her quilt shop. I was buy a couple of tables from her and my son (he has a truck) took me there to get them. It was the last day of the sale and she was the only one working. I asked her if she wanted me to help cut - she said sure! So I did. Then my son asked her too (he had seen me cut many times) - again, sure. Pretty soon everyone started going to his table (he was about 25) and he was commenting on their fabric - they loved it! Then he decided he wanted me to make him a quilt but he wanted to pick out the fabric himself. He did a very good job - with the help of some of his new "girlfriends"! Pretty soon, one of them said "I think your wife is about ready to leave!" He informed him I was his mother not his wife. I told him he looked really old - that's why they were confused. But he is now a financial advisor to many "older" people and they love him. My friend still talks about how he charmed everyone in the shop.

Now THAT's funny!