I am in a small town in East Tn. Yet I know of 3 shops withing 30 mins. One is here in town. None are cheap but they do carry some cheaper fabric. It would be alot cheaper to buy online as sales tax here is 9%. But alas my Cc are closed down by choise and so buying local is easier. I could always send a check but I will cross that bridge when I come to it. For now I am not buying at all.
For the past week I have noticed that our local shop has had no customers. They run classes daily and have a quilt meet monthly. I have seen no cars of late. I wonder if they will close too as of now they are the only place in town to buy fabric. But they are small and as I said prices are high. This is a very low income area and no big business within 30 miles. It would be a shame to loose them but I can see why they would close also.