What is this store?
02-07-2011, 10:59 PM
#12
Super Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Utah
Posts: 8,844
Originally Posted by TanyaLynn
I was in Walmart's fabric section today and the clerk mentioned that the Mennonite ladies in our area had quit buying their fabric there. (It is the only fabric source in the town.) They had told her that they were now buying their fabric on line from Salt Lake City. Does anyone know what store that would be?
02-07-2011, 11:25 PM
#13
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: NW Montana
Posts: 1,275
Originally Posted by fleurdelisquilts.com
Couldn't they have friends or family who use the computer? Wait, when did they get electricity? Do I have them confused with the Amish?
02-08-2011, 04:55 AM
#14
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Bosque county, Texas
Posts: 100
Originally Posted by quiltsRfun
Originally Posted by TanyaLynn
I was in Walmart's fabric section today and the clerk mentioned that the Mennonite ladies in our area had quit buying their fabric there. (It is the only fabric source in the town.) They had told her that they were now buying their fabric on line from Salt Lake City. Does anyone know what store that would be?
02-08-2011, 06:04 AM
#15
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Westminster, Co
Posts: 2,675
Originally Posted by fleurdelisquilts.com
Couldn't they have friends or family who use the computer? Wait, when did they get electricity? Do I have them confused with the Amish?
02-08-2011, 07:46 AM
#16
Super Member
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: springfield, MO
Posts: 2,033
There are lots of estate sales and auctions in our area. A good gauge of quality is if the Amish or Mennonite are in attendance. I'm sure that the quality of the Walmart fabric isn't to their suiting and that is why they are looking elsewhere.
02-08-2011, 08:10 AM
#17
Super Member
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: rural Maryland
Posts: 1,564
I live just a mile or so south of the PA border in Maryland. I do a lot of my shopping etc. in Hanover PA. There is a great Bernina dealer there that I deal with all of the time. He is one of a family of Mennonites who are in the sewing machine business. He is also a farmer. He, his wife and all of his children work in the shop. They use a computer for their business but his children are not allowed on the general internet. In the last month he made a deal with a cell phone company to use his silo as a cell tower. He is able to give his customers really good prices on sewing machines because his extended family are also in the business and they are able to purchase in balk. Since the shop is located on his property and farm he has no rent etc. I don't know if he pays his family members for working in the shop. His wife and daughters still dress in solid colors with stockings and practical shoes and wear their long hair in a bun with a prayer cap. They are all very good business people and certainly reliable. I will have to ask them about the Walmart fabric the next time I stop in there for some sewing or embroidery supplies.
02-08-2011, 04:25 PM
#18
Junior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Bosque county, Texas
Posts: 100
But, the original question was, what is the on-line store in Salt Lake City? I know the these ladies are astute bargain hunters, getting great value for their money. Are any of you using an on-line store for fabric that is located in Salt Lake City, or are we missing out on a good value deal, or is this some mis-information?
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
chairjogger
Main
18
10-16-2010 03:50 PM
