I live in a small town that is quickly dieing. The only fabric store close a year ago and I have to travel 50 miles one way to go to Joann's or Walmart. Yes our Walmart still has fabric. The quilt store in that town is $12.00 a yard so a no go on my budget and they are so small they don't have much in notions. I purchase from Walmart or Joann's on sale but am finding $9.00 a yard is streaching it a bit to far for me to have FUN with quilting. I keep an eye on the $1.50 a yard bin at Walmart and when I seen nice fabric I grab at least 3 yards. Shopping local for us is hard unless we buy sale items at the only grocery store we pay up to $2.00 per item more than Save-A-Lot or Walmart. There is no place in our town to buy any type of craft item not even elastic we can get white thread at the Dollar tree!!!