This is like trying to answer who your favorite children are. I have so many quilt and fabric stores that I adore. We travel a lot and I always seek out the quilt stores wherever I go. I have some I like because they have a huge selection of 1930's reproduction fabric which I collect, others because they have the best projects and ideas and so on. What is missing around where I live is a good fabric store that carries a variety of different kinds of fabric and notions and such that are of good quality and have knowledgeable staff. The quality and service at JoAnn's doesn't measure up. I shop there for some things because there isn't an alternative. In SW Michigan there is Field's Fabrics which is wonderful and when I'm in that area I always stop. Yoder's in Shipshewanna IN is also a must go when I'm in that area. A couple quilt shops I've been in, Suwannee Valley in Trenton FL and Mammaw 's Thimble in Knoxville TN have spots for men to wait. The one in Mammaw's is called the "bored" room and it is for CEOs (carry everything out). TV, comfy couches, the works. I love the Cherry Pit in Sevierville TN because they are so friendly and accommodating there and they have such neat projects on display. Knowledgeable staff and having them glad that I am there goes a long way in my book.