Friday, October 1, 2010

401 QUILT RUN

DAY ONE OF THE 401 QUILT RUN AND ALL IS WELL. IT TOOK US A FEW CUSTOMERS UNTIL WE LEARNED HOW TO PLAY THE GAME AND TO GET ALL OUR INFORMATION IN ORDER BUT WE ARE READY FOR A NEW DAY. QUILTERS FOR ALL OVER THE AREA WERE OUT ON THIS BEAUTIFUL FALL DAY TO SHOP AND AQUAINT THEMSELVES WITH THE SHOPS IN THE AREA. WE MET LOTS OF "NEW TO THE AREA" LADIES TODAY THAT THOUGHT THIS WAS A WONDERFUL WAY FOR THEM TO FIND ALL THE SHOPS THAT SELL JUST WHAT THEY WANT. I COULDN'T AGREE MORE. BUSINESSES DO LOTS OF ADVERTISING NOT KNOWING IF ANYONE THAT WE REALLY WANT TO READ OR SEE IT, ACTUALLY DOES. WITH THE 401 RUN WE KNOW THAT THE LADIES THAT ARE DOING IT ARE THE ONES WE WANT AND NEED TO MEET. THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

I AM IMPATIENTLY WAITING FOR A YARN SHIPMENT TO ARRIVE FOR OUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON KNITTING GROUP. AFTER BEING IN BUSINESS FOR 25 YEARS AT THIS LOCATION I FIND IT A BIT UNNERVING THAT SUPPLIERS NO LONGER SEEM TO CARRY OR WAREHOUSE STOCK. IT SEEMS TO BE A SIGN OF THE TIMES BUT THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE THAT IS OUT OF STOCK OF THE ONE THING YOU NEED IN THE STORE. PATIENCE IS A VIRTURE. ONE I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE.
HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL OUT TO HOOKING AND KNITTING NEXT WEEK
M.

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