When you travel do you go to quilt shops?

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04-08-2010, 09:12 AM

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MadQuilter

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DH dangles the promise of a quilt store promise in front of me whenever he wants me to go with him and like a moth to the flame - I follow. LOL

04-08-2010, 09:42 AM

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quiltluvr

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I LOVE to explore shops along the way. Every time I leave home, I make sure I research to find shops. I try to find something to buy at each shop. It's interesting to interact with the staff/owners too. Most of the time I'm by myself so I don't have the added pressure of "hurry up", tho' if any of my family is with me, they do complain.

Don't strike me dead, :lol: , but tho' I don't race thru the shops, it doesn't take me all day to check them out.

One shop I'd go to, Hayloft Fabrics in Morgantown, PA, well, that's one place I would spend 2-3 hours in. Hands down my favorite.

04-08-2010, 11:26 AM

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brushandthimble

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Originally Posted by stitchinwitch

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

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.

LOL, I love it! Then I would make HIM a quilt with all the ugly's :lol:

04-08-2010, 12:18 PM

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lots2do

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Yes, sometimes with DH, sometimes without. He is happy to sit in the car.

04-08-2010, 12:53 PM

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Scissor Queen

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Originally Posted by stitchinwitch

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

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.

LOL, I love it! Then I would make HIM a quilt with all the ugly's :lol:

I did. It's really cool.

04-08-2010, 01:20 PM

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Jim's Gem

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You Bet!!! I will try to hit at least a couple of them if I can!!!

04-08-2010, 02:19 PM

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velvor

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Always, always. My carry on bag usually has fabric and not much of anything else on the return trip; I'd hate for all that treasure to get lost in the checked baggage jumble.
DH is usually happy to tag along!

04-08-2010, 02:20 PM

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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.

Why didn't I think of that???

04-08-2010, 03:07 PM

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Absolutely! Our daughter and son in law drove my car cross country to Los Angeles last year (June) then left for NZ, we flew out, said by to them and then taking a rather southernly route drove cross country back home to PA....we hit 13 quilt shops in 9 states in 10 days! We had a blast! :) I had the Quilters Travel companion book, and each day when we started out DH you insist that I check what LQS were along the route...and then would modify the route if necessary to check out an especially interesting looking shop. Then in October, we flew to NZ to visit the kids, and yep you guessed it! I did manage to find a quilt shop and a Bernina store with a small selection of fabric, and another store with mostly dress material, but a little cotton. The material really is expensive!
Just met some ladies from Denmark while in Lancaster, last time I was there met someone from England buying a finished quilt and having it shipped home.

04-08-2010, 03:22 PM

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Mountainquilter

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I always find quilt shops to visit on trips. And my husband, will go out of his way to visit them too, as he has gotten interested in picking out fabric also.

We have visited shops all the way from Maine to Ohio and all the way down the coast to Georgia. I haven't missed a state yet that I have been into a quilt shop.

Also in Texas, Lousiana.

Just have to let dh have his turn at tool shops along the way.