Oh, I'm sure they'll take a drive. I just didn't know if he wanted to spend time chasing down quilt shops on his vacation.
Did you think about ordering what you want from some of the US online site, having it shipped to the fiancee, and then he can bring it back to Australia? There's some great sales going on. Not that I'm trying to be an enabler or anything. Really. ;-)
You'd save a ton on shipping. Just a thought.