When all is said and done, I really prefer to support my local quiliting shops. Joann's and Hancocks may be great for discounted fabric etc but they do not attend the local quilting guild meetings, get involved with the local community, make donations toward local charities that sponsor fund raisers or donate fabric to help the guilds make quilts for the various charities. I will stick with my local quilt store, thank you very much!
This is like the thread we had a few months ago on Walmart, when that subject got beaten to death, LOL.
Guess I will get back to sewing, trying to make theThimbleberries," In Full Bloom" button blossom tablerunners (yea, I'm cheating) for our annual guild gift exchange that is in a month. I don't have a lot of time because I babysit grandkids and run them around to their activities while my daughters go to college. I don't complain, I love my "retirement job", but it sure takes away from my sewing time.