The most boring job in the world

Leanne at Peppergreen was gobsmacked recently when a customer told her she must have the most boring job in the world.  Leanne’s job, as well as serving curious customers, involves sorting linens, rolling quilts, and categorising table-dressings.  The poor woman didn’t realise her faux-pas as according to Leanne, working at Peppergreen could be likened to the cliched kid in a candy store.  Leanne was a lecturer at TAFE before her fashion course was axed.  She fell into working at Peppergreen and describes her job as ‘playing’ with textiles all day.

Quilts, as she explained to us, are markers of history.  She can date them at a glance.  Sadly some of the most historically fascinating periods are poorly represented.  For example, the rag rugs of the Great Depression were almost all thrown away after the recovery, with families wanting desperately to be rid of these reminders of scarcer times.  Most of the quilts come from the UK and international customers have said time and again that Peppergreen’s selection is one of the largest and finest in the world.  Leanne says her job is like watching history ‘unfolding’ before her eyes, pardon the textiles pun.  The quilts are priced according to provenance, rarity and condition and film stylists often snap up even the shabby ones for their sets.  Their stockpile is running lower by the year, so if you want to display a piece of our collective history in your bedroom, you might do well to make a trip over this summer while demand is less.