I live almost 50 miles from any LQS. 2 just went out of business. The one wasn't friendly at all,and nobody would help if you had question. I went to one quilt shop with a couple of friends last yr., and when we walked into the store it was like where are the staff. They were watching some video on the internet, and said just look around the shop, when your ready to check out come and get us. We probably could have cut our own fabric, bagged it, and took half of the store. Needless to say we didn't buy one thing.