In the old days you could get fabric in so many stores! I shopped alot for fabric at T G and Y..... Remember them? They had fabric and notions and precut quilt kits! Those were the days... and children did not look at a person like we were an alien from outer space when they found out you SEWED! OH my goodness, YOU SEW?????? Back then, most people did. I met a lady from the Philippines the other day who said that they learned to crochet and sew in school when they were about 8 years old. I learned as a child from my blessed Grandmother.