Originally posted 2007-03-09 07:20:50. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
This week’s question is “Have you ever wanted to own a needlepoint store?” And, if you own a store, why did you open/buy it?
Here’s my story:
When I was a teenager and first learning needlepoint, I always went to the only needlepoint shop I knew. It wasn’t too big and it had been the Post Office.
A very modest bulding, the bext thing about it was the way they used a free-standing hunk of old brass Post Office boxes to store the Persian wool — I loved it.
So wanting to own a store goes way back with me. I think at least part of wanting a shop is having the “Evangelization Virus,” a desire to share needlepoint with others.
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I stitch at my needlepoint store. My owner as marmar put is a “saint.†Both of them are. Most of the customers are nice says the owners. But the owner never gets to stitch. So why own a store. Both the owners are beautiful stitchers. The one does the most lovely gold work and can repair the work of others. I am glad she is the owner as she is a marvelous teacher, etc. Thanks to them we have available to us the newest threads and canvas’. They deserve gold stars for their patience and kindess.
For many years I talked about opening a needlework shop when I retired. That was until I spent several hours hanging around my local needlework shop one Friday afternoon. My local shop owner has got to be a saint. The situtions she had to put up with were shocking to me. I could not believe some of them…. Including someone who wanted refunds on paritally used skeins & Raibow Gallery cards. I guess I would love a store if I could choose my customers (HA).