Many of the quilt stores that were close to me are gone. One is 45 miles - one way - IF it is still in business; the other one I have been going to for almost 20 years and go often but it is 55 miles - again, one way but I enjoy taking classes there and have some good friends I've developed over the years. IF they don't have what I want, then it is online for me; MSQC and Fabric.com.