Welcome to
our final blog post ! What fun we’ve
had bringing you news from Threadbear, showing you all our latest fabrics and
sharing hundreds of show and tell quilts from our talented customers and group
members. Of course, we’ve always known
that Sammy is the real star of the blog thanks to so many of you who have told
us how much you enjoy the weekly photos of him. We know of more than one
quilting husband who checks the blog every week to see what Sam’s been up to! But
it’s not goodbye because Threadbear will continue on Instagram and on Facebook
and doubtless Sam will make an appearance there.
On a
personal note, I want to thank Corliss for the opportunities, guidance, support
and friendship she has given me. I have been so blessed to come to work each
day to the most supportive, inclusive, and inspiring workplace I have ever
known. There have been more wonderful
customers than not, some really special and lasting friendships formed, and so
many fabulous memories. It’s been a tonne of hard work, an absolute joy, and a
whole lot of laughs!
So for this
last blog post, we thought we’d share with you what we fondly call “The List”. The
List came about only a couple of years ago as a way of capturing some of the more unusual, strange, amusing,
and outright hilarious requests or comments we have heard across Threadbear’s counter
over the years. To fully appreciate The List, you need to visualize those
photos we’ve shared on the blog of the shop with shelves and shelves of fabric,
the walls lined with quilts, quilt patterns and books and bundles of fabric all
around. Please also bear in mind the following:
- Threadbear is a patchwork and quilting shop
- We sell fabric
- The List is a true and factual document
- We sell fabric
Without
further ado…we give you The List …..
first, some of the unusual requests from customers;
“hello..I’d
like to buy some puppet strings”
“Do you
sell hand made bellows”
“do you
have any of that decorative trim sort of stuff”
“where do
you keep the light globes”?
“do you
have any beading wire?”
“do you
sell the material to make steel knives”
“Do you
sell leather strapping / leather needles/ cow hides?”
“hi..where
are your musical instruments?”
“I’d like
some fabric with cow pats on it”
“I’ve come
to buy an apron”
“I need 2
metres of shade cloth”
“hello…I’m
looking for small pottery emulsion bottles”
“ do you
sell furniture wax I for my bow and arrow?”
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| ..seriously? |
We’ve also
heard some funny descriptions of fabric;
"I want xmas fabric with silver for my longitudinal
hexacons"
“I love
reproductive fabric”
“Can you
show me the persie broderie fabrics.”
“I need
some genuine frog fabric” ( what’s a genuine frog, we ask) “It’s a genuine
frog, not a mickey mouse frog”
“I want a pink
that would be raspberry if it wasn’t pink”
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| no really... seriously? |
Then there have been some amusing
descriptions of our quilts…
Customer
looking at the Civil War Bride quilt says “hmmm, yes, that civil war bride. No
wonder she never married, she’s so ugly.”
"We’re
making Civil War Bride. Next we’re going to make that other one..that carpet
thingamy” (aka Caswell Quilt)
Customer
looking at the Caswell Quilt tells husband “ it’s one of those quilt as you go,
williamy morrisy, panel thingys”
Customer
looking at Letters from Belton Grange, “ oh it’s so dull and drab and boring
and the swan looks funny and the tree is weird. Nice quilt though”
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| what's a spoodle to do.... |
Then there
have been the completely random requests….
A man came
into the shop carrying 4 autumn leaves, walked straight up to the counter and said ”could I have a rubber band to put around
my autumn leaves please”, we obliged and he left!
A woman
rushed up to the counter asking “do you have the clips that attach your
fascinator to your head?”
And
finally, my personal favourite - A man comes in the door, walks past rows and rows of
fabric, comes to the counter and states “I’m here for my dental
appointment”……..TRUE STORY!
Yes folks,
it’s all true. We couldn’t make it up if we tried.
Thanks for checking in with us each week for so many years. Don't forget to continue to follow Threadbear on Instagram and Facebook and of course our Website with the on-line shop for all our patterns and selected fabrics. Have a great weekend everyone!
