My local thrift store is where I go for some good fabrics at 4 for $1.00. From blouses, skirts are great as you get more material for the 25.cent! I find awesome amounts of velvet and nice low pile animal prints and think of crazy quilts with these. I aquire buttons and zippers this way too. And when I have more money I look for sales at JoAnns, Hobby Lobbys usual 30% off line and rarely get to Hancocks. But I buy what catches my eye whether I need it or not.