LNS in Alabamastan

Hi Guys, Since Janet (my stitchin' buddy) won't have the time to go to a needlework show, we were talking about taking an overnight trip to a LNS. That is assuming we can find one that is worth the trip! I would do the driving and we would leave from Janet's house in Birmingham. Does anyone out there know of any really good LNS within a 2 to 3 hour drive from B'ham? I told Janet we should do this for her b'day which is in early April so I need to start looking for a shop now. Janet is NOT a traveler so we only want to be away from home for one night. With my back problems and arthritis, I don't want to have to drive more than 2 or 3 hours, especially since I might want to drive Janet home, rest for a bit at her house and then make the 2 1/2 hr. drive back to my home in the same day. Janet did say there was supposed to be a fairly nice LNS in Huntsville, AL but she doesn't know anyone who has been there. Does anyone here know of this shop -- and NO I have no idea what the name of it is. Janet will check for LNS when she gets to work next week but we would *really* like to have a personal recommendation from someone. Thanks bunches & CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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Tia Mary --

From the Hoffmandis site, the following shops are listed in Alabama --

a.. HEART OF DIXIE QUILT SHOP, 630 B S JEFFERSON , ATHENS, AL, 35611 Phone: 256-232-0508 , Website:

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, Email: snipped-for-privacy@heartofdixiequiltshop.com b.. OUT OF THE BOX, 103 S MAIN ST , BOAZ, AL, 35957 Phone: 256-840-0059 , Email: snipped-for-privacy@bellsouth.net

c.. CROSS STITCH PEDDLER, 124 14TH STREET SW SUITE D-1, DECATUR, AL, 35601 Phone: 256-350-7780

d.. AMI'S NEEDLEWORK, 7857 HWY 59 S-STE C , FOLEY, AL, 36535 Phone: 251-987-1284 , Email: snipped-for-privacy@gulftel.com

e.. STITCHERS HAVEN, 1600 GUNTER AVENUE , GUNTERSVILLE, AL, 35976 Phone: 256-582-8234 , Email: snipped-for-privacy@hiwaay.net

f.. NEEDLEWORKS, LLC, 2810 CRESCENT AVE , HOMEWOOD, AL, 35209 Phone: 205-870-5191

g.. PATCHES & STITCHES, 603 HUMES AVE. , HUNTSVILLE, AL, 35801 Phone: 256-533-3886 , Website:

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, Email: snipped-for-privacy@knology.net h.. CROSS-STITCH EMPORIUM, 1992 CR 103 , KILLEN, AL, 35645 Phone: 256-757-9853 , Email: snipped-for-privacy@hiwaay.net

BUT, before going to any of these shops, be sure to call and be sure they are still open and in business. I have found shops listed here that are no longer in business. Sorry I can't attest to how great any of these shops are as I haven't been to any of them, but the one in Huntsville does have a webpage.

Love in Stitches,

Coleen

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StitchinGranna

Not that I am a guy, but you should ask Gillian, she has compiled a list of every LNS up and down the east coast and inland. She has visited them as well.

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lucretia borgia

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Patricia Amos

Just bringing this to your attention Gillian, even though you are not a guy either, don't you have a list and personal knowledge about all sorts of LNS ??

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lucretia borgia

All I have on my list is:

ALABAMA

Huntsville--- PATCHES & STITCHES, 603 HUMES AVE. , HUNTSVILLE, AL, 35801 Phone: 256-533-3886 , Website:

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snipped-for-privacy@knology.net (more quilty than stitchy, so I have heard.)Foley ---Supposedly there is one there, and still in business. Big outlet Mall there also, and a restaurant that claims it is the home of "throwed rolls".

Mobile ---Beverly's NeedleArts.,

I was on the 1-2-3 list updating info. There are a lot of stitchers there, and I asked for shops in their areas. Got a lot of info, and am about to format it a bit.

Gill

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Gillian Murray

Sooo ? That's more than she had before lol

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lucretia borgia

Since I don't ever use the term "gal" then ***MY*** use of the term "guy" is generic and refers to anyone who happens to read my post, regardless of gender. My generation (which is the one after yours, I think) has used the term to mean both male and female -- at least the West coast version of my generation. I'm really sorry that the language hasn't stayed static since the 40's but if it makes you feel more "whatever" to poke fun at my use of the term "guy" to address everyone, then go for it! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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Gillian Murray wrote: > .........

I got a list (an e-mail sent from one of our readers) of several LNS that are not too terribly far from Janet in B'ham. Thanks bunches & CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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Tia Mary

I'm wondering now just how old you think I am !!!

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lucille

What do you think would be the reaction if a waiter/waitress said "You gals" to a group of four or five men sitting at a table ?

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lucretia borgia

Guys was acceptable as a colloquialism where I grew up. What annoys me more, and I have blown up at work more then once, was when some big shot referred to his Administrative Asst. or his Secretary as "my girl." That made me state in no uncertain terms, I am not your anything, and certainly not your girl.

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lucille

Well that busts TMs suggestion that I am so old I am behind the times, that if I was younger like her, I wouldn't mind 'guys' !

None of the men I worked with ever dared say that to me - lol - thinking back (I mean like millions of years back of course) I think they all asked how I would like to be addressed and I said Sheena would be fine.

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lucretia borgia

Ya know something. I live in Central Florida and I greatly dislike the "youse guys", folks" etc. What the hell is wrong with Sir and Ma'am??? They are not my chosen friends, they are employees I don't know and as such should treat me that way.

OOOOPS you caught one of my real dislikes@

Tia Mary, Would you like me to send you the list I have. It isn't perfect, shops come and go....and if you have input it would be gratefully appreciated.

Gill

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Gillian Murray

I assure you, they didn't say it in front of me twice.

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lucille

I thought "you'se guys" has that very Jersey or Brooklyn/Bronx sound. Not thinking of the south - that's more of the "what'll ya'aaalllll have"

ellice

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ellice

Well, you talk story about what happened during WW2 so I assume you are 70-ish. Age wise, that doesn't make you a generation older than MOI -- I'm early 60's. Language wise -- especially when you toss in the different nationalities -- it makes for a much larger gap. I'm smack in the middle of the baby boomer era & grew up in Los Angeles so that has a HUGE impact on how I was raised and the way I speak -- LOL! When I was growing up, the use of the word "guys" really was generic

-- even the nuns in the Catholic high school I attended (I graduated in

1964) used the term for the whole class. I think it's likely akin to using a male pronoun when talking about a group of individuals. I don't think younger kids even know that guys was a male pronoun and gals was the female! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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I'm totally with you on this one. Along with hon...And I also think that at work I'd rather as a woman use Ms. Or a title, as opposed to Mrs., after all we don't expect men to indicate their marital status in the workplace.

Worst, although a pretty good boss - who hired me from grad school - was a winker. I hate that. Didn't do it to me too much - I think our Chief Scientist clued him in, although I would hear from the CS that the boss was very perplexed at dealing with me. Couldn't quite get the hands-on, engineer girl thing, and it was distressing him that I was so much more than equal (and smarter/quicker than the very nice but somewhat slower older guys in the group). Confused me 'cause he'd hired me. With lots of wooing, so to speak. But, I found out he really must've been a ladies man type, as he was constantly charming the admin staff - who were a bit more "traditional"

- they really did work for him, but forget doing stuff for me. I put it down to a lot of the subtle winking, elbow squeezing, etc that he did. Oh, well.

I think my always in trouble Army office mate once called another (same rank) Air Force woman something along the lines of "baby cakes" during some in the office discussion (it wasn't a fight). She went ballistic - especially as she had a stay at home husband. It was funny in that he spoke to everyone in a very informal way, and while I'd tell him he was going over the line, he just didn't recognize how crazy this woman would go. Fortunately no one got written up. When this same guy called me something like that, I just answered by calling him "sweet cheeks" - sometimes going to the same level works better.

But, I do hate when women - or men - anyone who works with someone, or in a subordinate position - is referred to as "my girl or my boy or even my guy"

-Just not right to put that property connotation.

Ellice

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ellice

Oh HOG WASH -- I never said any such thing! You are older than me, maybe a whole generation (that's still about 20 years isn't it?) but I don't know for sure. You tell stories about things you remember from living through the war so you had to be alive well before 1940. You grew up in a different part of the world in a vastly different society than I did and from things you have posted, language seems to be one of the things you would have liked to have stayed more static. Hells Bells, I would like language to be more like what I grew up with. I cuss like a sailor when talking with Dh & DD and some friends but I have a problem with characters on prime time TV shows cursing, even if it IS what is considered to be rather "run of the mill" language! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

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