It was really nice when I was a kid going into penney's and looking at all the pattern books and fabrics. Probably the last time I remember was in the very early 70's doing this. Wish dept stores still had fabric. When I was first married up until maybe 6 yrs ago I would love to go in the rag shop. They had lots of inexpensive really cool fabrics and craft things. Now it's just some high end fabric stores and even they are closing. Sewing and quilting are really becoming a lost pastime and now it's considered a art that is being lost. I much rather go in a brick and mortar to buy fabric then online any day.