Batiks By Design

Last Tuesday, the quilt guild from Jackson, TN came to visit me at my shop.  The visit was initiated at the Paducah Quilt Show in April when Judy, a member of the group, mentioned that she was bringing her guild to a shop not too far from me in June.  I suggested that they stop here while they were “in the neighborhood” and she agreed!  My shop has only recently moved into a space where I can have customers come and visit.  I started Batiks by Design in my basement, but outgrew that space so we built a building in our backyard.  The shop is finally looking somewhat like a quilt shop, I just need to get my new cutting table setup and put some quilts on the walls!  I’m hoping to offer some classes in the other side of my building where I now have my office, cutting table, and sewing  machine.

Back to the topic on hand, the ladies began arriving after their lunch in Murray.  As true fabric lovers will do, they couldn’t wait to explore the shop.  They browsed at my quilt samples that I had laid on 2 tables pushed together for a quick trunk show, started pulling bolts off the shelves, and browsing patterns, fat quarters, and their favorite, my scrap tote where they could purchase a gallon sized bag of their choice of scraps for $15, as long as the bag zipped!  I think I have about a third of the scraps I had before they came.  Everyone enjoyed the store and our trunk show, even though the air conditioning didn’t keep up with the 30+ bodies in the shop.  I’ll have to work on that!  Enjoy the pictures!  Thanks ladies for stopping by to shop.  Come again.  If you are interested in visiting us, give me a call and we’ll setup a time.

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