I already live in the best place in the country for quilting, but you've ruled it out because it has four beautiful seasons and a lot of rural spaces to roam. We have tons of amazing quilt shops including Keepsake Quilting and a Quilt Sampler featured shop, frequent and varied classes and programs at almost every shop, a great variety of active guilds, a statewide appreciation for crafters and artists with fairs and sales almost every week, gorgeous scenery for artistic inspiration (mountains, lakes, ocean beaches, a national forest, and fall colors beyond belief), and no sales or income taxes. New Hampshire is a quilter's paradise, no doubt about it!