Margie’s Country Store

Madison, Indiana

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Margie says, “ I have insisted on featuring my staff ladies on this  website, for they are the very core and essence of our long success. Every one has been with me loyally for years and years, which I think in this day and time speaks volumes about their caring, their character, and the ongoing spirit of help and assistance with our customers.  There is a deep friendship here which abides over time.

     Sandy has been an integral part of all shop operations now for 16 years. She first came as a customer, a sewer, and has grown into not only Margie’s helper with all fabrics and notions upstairs, but has been THE sewing and project instructor now for several years.  Sandy has co-authored several books and patterns with Margie, and greatly assists Margie at all international quilt markets.  To say Sandy is delighted to have the little  white cottage next door devoted solely to her as The Sewing Center would be quite the understatement!!

     Annie has been with the store almost from its beginnings.  Until 2002,     she managed all store business matters.  Then, after her three daughters talked her into retirement, Annie was gone for about 7 months, and then said, “To heck with this, I miss the store and the people and the spirit of the shop”, and has returned to us part-time, much to everyone’s delight!! 

      Barbara or “Barb”, as we know her, has also been with the shop for so many years.   Margie remembers, “When Barb first came with me, she had these two cute little daughters, Missy and Tracy.  Later, each worked here part-time through the years, and today, each has two children, making Barb a proud grandmother of four little ones.  Barbara has for many years been responsible for overall gift and accessory display and presentation, a tiring and ongoing task in which she excels!  A professional gentleman came into the shop for the first time in 2004, and came up out of the cellar, inquiring as to what firm Margie hired to do displays, and all pointed proudly to Barb.

     Lorene has recently returned here into Margie’s Country Store as a sales associate, having served for 13 years next door as the day-to-day overseer of Margie’s Too, another entire store operation which closed on January 1, 2004.  Margie says, “ Lorene is so reliable, so loyal, and   we are all delighted upon her “return” into our midst.  She knows the drill here, and fit right back in with seamless effectiveness.”

     There are two additional part-time ladies who, again, have been with the store operations for years.  Melanie has been pitching in part-time for at least 12 years, and Gwen or “Kay” has come over into the main store with the closure of Margie’s Too, where she worked before.

AS MARGIE RELATES, “THE FACT IS THIS….I COULD NOT CONTINUE TO EVEN KEEP THE MAIN STORE OPEN ANYMORE WITHOUT THE EXPERTISE AND DAILY DEVOTION OF EACH OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED STAFF.  IT TAKES EVERY ONE OF US TO DO OUR UTMOST WHEN WE ARE ON DUTY, SEEING TO THE MYRIAD OF THINGS BEHIND THE SCENES, AND MAKING SURE OUR CUSTOMERS FEEL LIKE ROYALTY WHEN IN HERE.

THERE IS NO WAY THIS COULD EVEN CONTINUE WITHOUT ALL THOSE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITHIN OUR TEAM!!!”

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