Oh, I forgot to mention that before we go anywhere on a trip, I check the Internet for fabric stores or quilt stores in the yellow pages of any towns that we will visit or travel through. I print out a local map and get a phone no. so I can call for directions if needed. I also subscribe to The Quilters' Path which lists quilt shops in CA and a few in other states. My husband also bought me one of those thick quilt store directories for the US. I use both books quite often and take them with me. We were travelling to a remote mountain area and I had brought along some hand quilting. We were already on our way, when I realized that I hadn't brought any quilt batting. I looked in the Quilters' Path and there was a quilt store in Pasadena. We hopped off the fwy and I got my batting to take with me. It was called New Moon Textiles and was a wonderful store. My husband is used to this kind of behaviour. He is this way with fishing tackle stores!