I agree about the price of some patterns. My friend & I were in a shop 4 hrs from home & they had a beautiful block of the month quilt that we liked. We inquired about purchasing just the pattern & they said they would call. The next week we got a call, the price was $80.00....... We could not believe our ears. Do you know how much fabric we could buy with $80???? Needless to say we did not order the pattern. There are too many nice patterns out there that donot cost an arm & a leg. My friend & I preferr to buy books. There always seems like there are several patterns in them that we can use. We share books also. Of course we have way more books than we could possibly make all of the quilts from . I think it is called a book stash!!!!