To qbeth, when I lived in Northwest Arizona (Bullhead City) there were no LQS, my only resource was Walmart. When they closed their fabric department two years ago, the clerk told me I could drive over the mountain 45 miles to the next town over and go to that Walmart. I laughed at her and told her if I had to drive for fabric, I might as well go to Vegas (100 miles) and go to Joann's. Now that I'm in Socal, there are two Joanne's within 20 miles. I haven't ventured to the LQS's yet, I'm on a hiatius from buy fabric till I whittle down my stash (but that doesn't count towards what I can find at the second hand stores - tee hee hee.)