To add my voice, some of us still hand quilt, and have trouble finding proper thread--usually, the four stores I visit most often have a good variety of machine quilting threads, sometimes none at all for hand quilting. Wouldn't expect a beginning shop to carry many colors of hand quilting thread, but a few basics would bring me back. Also, while I seldom use templates, the big plastic sheets are something I keep handy, to. Good luck with everyone's list, you will have to use a barn-size building to suit us all!! piecefully, the old one