A trip to Missouri Star Quilt Company in Hamilton, Missouri is NO ORDINARY SHOP HOP, people!! As you drive into town, you come onto Main Street and it feels like the ENTIRE TOWN has been taken over by a society of Quilters...
CAN YOU IMAGINE ANYTHING BETTER?
When our bus arrived, a MSQ hostess came to greet us, gave us wonderful totebags full of goodies, and explained the lay of the land...
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| The Flagship store is our first stop... |
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| Because, of course, you want to REGISTER. |
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| If you've ever purchased something from MSQ online -- they already know you! |
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| Now, you're free to go SHOPPING... |
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| The various store fronts all deal with specific types of fabric. Batik, Floral, Primitive, etc. |
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| Every store has a good supply of THE DAILY DEAL (which could be 80% off a bundle of something) |
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| This is my best shot of a block. (I was afraid to walk out to the center of the street -- it is a State Highway) |
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| Since I was there last year, THEY HAVE ALL NEW SIDEWALKS... |
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| The Happy Birthday Banners were still hanging up all over town. |
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| And -- THEY KNOW THEIR CUSTOMERS!! There are beautiful benches everywhere you look. |
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| Each store has it's own individual personality. |
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| Linda found this GREAT FABRIC in the Floral store. |
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| You know what a weakness I have for fabric with words... |
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| Although you pay for your purchase in every store, they scan your "MSQ pass" -- so you are racking up bonus points with every purchase. |
We only had half a day to SHOP MISSOURI STAR...and that really isn't enough time. There are too many stores, and there's so much to see.
When you think this company started in 2009 -- and now they have 450 employees. It is a.m.a.z.i.n.g...I met one employee who moved from Denver for her job at Missouri Star...and another who moved from Florida. Holy Cow!!
Missouri Star has turned the Quilt World ON IT'S HEAD!!.
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