Hi Roxie, I also live in AZ and make charity quilts, almost exclusivrly. I use the same quality fabrics I would use for my personal quilts becasue I think children going through illness and hard times deserve a quilt that will up life there situation. I accept remnants and scrap donations to help defray the cost, since I'm a retired widow and cash is tight. The group I donate quilts to requires we machine quilt them because of the nedd for frequent laundering.I buy my fabrics online when the reputable QS have their sales and also from our QB members when they have their destash sales. I'm made life long friends buying from our members who find themselves over flowing with beautiful fabrics by their own doing or inheriting from loved ones. :-D