Originally Posted by quiltmom04

I try to find things I don't see at home, or that are regional. I got a lot of Kokopelli fabric in Arizona one year, sky scraper and taxi fabric from NYC and bluebell fabric from Texas. Also, I try to get distinctive fabric (ie not blenders) so that I will remember where I got it. That way, even if I don't get it into a project, it is a souvenir just much as if I had purchased a little Statue of Liberty.