Don't your hubbies figit and complain when you explore quilt/fabric shops?

Of course. But your point is???? LOL


He does if I spend too much time but I really try to keep it to about 20 to 30 minutes. Sometimes he goes in to and sits.

Actually mine encourages me to buy fabric, but most of the time he is just "egging" me on to see what my reaction will be. But he had his hobby and I have mine and we both support each other's hobbies. :)

I always check out the quilt shops when we travel. This new thing with charging extra for luggage when flying may cause me to modify my habits. I guess I will just have to find shops that will ship my purchases for me. My husband just booked a cruise to New England and the islands off the east coast of Canada. I will need to do my research on shops in that vicinity.

I met a woman from Australia about a year ago in a quilt shop in Urbana, Illinois. She said that fabric here is so much cheaper than fabric in Australia. Her friend that she was here visiting is letting her leave her clothing here and when she travels home her cases will be filled only with fabric. Next year when she comes back she's bringing empty(her clothes are already here) collapsable suitcases in a carryon so that she can fill them with fabric. I thought it was an excellent idea.

Not only when I travel for vacation but also when I travel for work. My favorite LQS is a half hour down the road and when I have to go there for work I always stop in. When I have road trips for work I will look and see where the quilt shops are before I decide how I am gonna get there or how I am gonna get home. Last month I had one of those days. I had a three hour drive to court at 9:30 am so I left home at 6:30 and said there is no way I am gonna rush back when court was done at 12:30 so I could be in the office for an hour and a half. I just about had my eight hours in already :) So I shopped my way home and hit three quilt shops. It made the long drive bearable and at the first shop I changed out of my suit and heels into comfy clothes :)

Isn't the internet great??? Just a few years ago we'd have missed all these shops but now we can just go online and get a list in order to plan our trips. My sister keeps a list of Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois shops in her car. Sometimes it takes her two days to make the 7-8 hour trip from her house to mine.

Actually if mine goes he searches for the ugliest fabric in the store and makes me buy a yard of it for making him go.

I always hit the local quilt stores when I travel, both for work and pleasure. If I think there are a bunch and I will be buying a lot, I research the nearest post office and drop in to send my fabric home by mail. It is so much easier than stuffing it in my suitcase and it's like a surprise gift when it shows up.

How could you NOT check out quilt shops when you travel?? Your addiction is not deeply ingrained yet?! My hubby is cooperative. He has a collection of ascots, so he picks out something very bright for me to make an ascot and doesn't give me any grief at all over how long I take or how much I spend. Since I'm still among the unemployed, my spending is extremely conservative - for now! That doesn't stop me from petting fabric!