I lived in NJ for almost all of my life. Sorry to say that quilt shops are few and far between. I was lucky that I lived near NY border, as two shops opened up that were pretty close by. You would think that with such a densely populated state, there would be more shops, but maybe the quilting "hobby" really hasn't caught on, or more likely, the cost of running a shop in NJ/NY is prohibitive. I moved south, and the ultimate irony is that there aren't many shops here either! I rely on the big quilt shows....I always go to the Mid-Atlantic show in Virginia.