I remember I had to travel out of state to find a real quilt shop. Not many shops that were all quilting back in the 80's and the ones I did get to visit had mostly calico fabric, Coats and Clark thread, rotary cutters, and a few rulers mostly Omnigrid. Singer stores were the only sewing machine stores other then Kenmore at Sears in my area. I didn't know anyone that had a machine other then Signer or Kenmore. Pre cuts like jelly rolls and charm packs changed the way fabric was marketed. Then came the die cut machines so quilters could cut their own precuts.