I have bought fabric all over the place, Walmart, Joanns, Hobby Lobby, local quilt shops, thrift stores, yard sales, ebay.....you name it. I have also purchased online from fabric.com, connecting threads, keepsake quilting, green fairy quilts, bugfabric.com, missouri star quilt company....the list goes on. I have found one book particularly helpful for me and that was Carol Doaks' "Your First quilting Book (or it should be)". It has been a great go-to resource book. I also think you will learn so much on this board. check out the great tutorials, and welcome from Arizona!