I tell my husband that it is a woman's job to keep the economy going. The fabric we buy keeps the LQS in business, in turn the owner has to hire assistants. The fabric is delivered to the LQS by truck thereby creating another job. Fabric has to be milled and dyed, designs have to be created and cotton has to be grown and harvested. It is amazing that we have time to quilt after creating all these jobs. So people...keep quilting.... the economy depends on it. That's my story and I am sticking to it.