I don't have a supply of anything as I just began sewing again a few years ago & was only strictly making parrot quilts. I learned the basics when I was around 10 years old by going to work with my Father, who worked for singer just about all his life until they started shutting their stores down but I am learning a lot from this board! (Note to self...pick up my Singer 301 at Mom's house!) I have never even considered looking online or in fabric stores for quilt patterns as there is just sooo much to see on here with the many people who do share their tips, hints, patterns & such.
10 years later, I learned how to make a trip around the world quilt from my x hubby's grandmother. 30 more years later, I resumed again, making the parrot quilts for fundraisers for a real nasty parrot disease that had killed many of my birds. It was therapy.
I have had many, many people write me & ask me if they could have a copy of the patterns & if there was any way I could copy them I gladly would but once I have drawn the bird & cut it out, I am left with as many as 10-12 little scraps of paper per bird! All of their pieces (well, most) are marked with color, but many are not. Once I am done with 1 bird pattern, I pin the pieces together with no identifying markings as to breed. The box I keep them in is just a jumble of paper with pins in it. Some are even very hard for me to remember how to put them back together once I cut them out again for another if there were many colors. It's easier for me to offer to tell them how I came up with the patterns, or if it is an official non-profit organization, I'll make one for them. I'm also doing some quilts for kids quilts, another thing I would have never known about had I not found this board. I guess sometimes it's best not to look any further than your own back yard, which is kinda what this board feels like with the many talented, helpful hands on here
