I usually buy from LQS or borrow from the library. When I was at Mayo Clinic this past July, I went into an antique shop, near the back, I spotted an old cardboard dress box & inside were some quilt booklets, block patterns & actual quilting patterns from a farm woman from the 40's. What a find. I could only purchase a few since I only had alittle money with me, wasn't planning on buying anything. I just couldn't pass this up. Hopedully the rest of the patterns will be there this July & I can get the rest. The woman had actually kept whole cloth patterns that she had drawn on large pieces of paper.