hey ya all...i never gave it much thought coz i am so lucky to have many, but i guess there are some quilters that have to travel great distances for fabric and such......i have within 5 miles of me 3 quilt stores, 1 joanns, 1 hancock, and 1 hobby lobby...if you go out 15 miles you can add a walmart with fabric, and 3 more quilt stores.....what is the farthest any of you travel for quilting supplies? gina

All the LQS within 5 miles have closed. JoAnn's is about 8 miles.

Well, I'm 10 miles from anything, so I have to go anywhere from 12 miles on up to get to any fabric stores. I do have a few quilt shops about 15 miles away. Most are about 25 miles away.

Too many but I'm not complaining!

Walmart is about 10 miles away, Joann's and LQS's 40 miles away. Probably a good thing they are so far away....saves me some money in the long run!

My favorite store is about 10 miles away, although there are 3 JoAnn's and a nice LQS closer. I travel farther for their flat-fold bargains!

WM and JoAnn's are 20-25 minutes away, two LQS's are 15 minutes away, but there are probably 12 more quilt shops within an hour's drive, so I have it pretty good, too! :thumbup:

Joanns and Hobby Lobby are about 22 miles from me. The WalMart I normally shop at is about 17 miles, but it doesn't have fabric. There is a WalMart 23 miles in the opposite direction that has a large fabric section. I don't have an LQS any closer than 22 miles. We used to have a couple of stores in town that sold quilting cotton, but unfortunately they've both closed due to the economy.

we are very lucky here. i have three lqs, 3 joanns, 2 hancocks within 10 mile radius. walmarts only have precut fab now. we lost two lqs in the last year. my friends and i like to travel to quilt shops and will often visit shops up to two hours away. we make it our own shop hop and visit several in a day. always fun. there are a couple of shop hops in different areas each year. one has 17 shops this year. the other is further away but has about 10 shops.

i forgot we also have 2 beverlys shops nearby. they have really upgraded their fabric in the last year.

Our Wal-Mart, 10 miles away, doesn't have fabric anymore. LQS is about 3 miles. Joann's is about 25 miles. Another LQS is about 28-30 miles. That's it. All the other places have closed long ago. So if I want a zipper/buttons/interfacing/stabilizer/etc for garmet sewing I have to drive to Joanns.