Your sister is within 35 miles of me! Sorry, but we really don't have any quilt stores anywhere near us. We used to have one small one, but it closed. We do have the Joanns, Hancocks, and there is a small place off of Riverside Drive behind Texas Cattle Company. It is really a sewing machine place but also has fabric. There is another sewing machine place next door to the Hancocks in Macon that has really nice fabric too.
Warner Robins is only about 20 miles from Macon and has a new Hancock's next door to Hobby Lobby... plus there is a place called Sewing Creations (never been there, but was told about it at a quilt show) at 1740 Watson Blvd.
I'm sure there are at least 2 quilting guilds up there. She could probably find them on the internet... I live so far out that I have never tried joining one of those.
Tell her welcome to Central GA! Maybe one day we could make arrangements to meet up at one of the places in Macon.
Donna