If you're going through Kansas, you MUST go to Prairie Flower Crafts in Alden. You'd never believe that a tiny little town (that doesn't even have a grocery store) has a quilt shop with over 5,000 bolts of fabric. When I was a 3rd grader, I lived in Alden. My dad pastored the Methodist Church, and at the time, the store was a "five and dime" on one side and a craft store on the other --connected inside. Many moons later, it became solely a quilt shop and I'm sure there were over 10,000 bolts because the owner, Sarah Sleeper, loved fabric but --check this out--she never sewed a thing! Ever! She was such a go-getter all the time, and when she turned 96, she said, "I guess I better start thinking of letting someone else run this big store, huh?" So she did--but she's still in there all the time checking things out and has nothing better to do at age 101.
