How far away is your fabric store?
#51
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 1,457
Every fabric place is over an hour away for me - so needlesstosay, every trip I make, the car is packed - can't "sneak" anything into the house that way! :) The last was not so much fabric as it was fleece and flannel - took up a lot of room but not that much in yardage!
#52
I live 3 blocks from a Jo-Ann's, although I never buy fabric there. There's a quilt store 5 minutes or so across town that I'm not real crazy about. The closest good quilt shop is 15 miles away.
After I move it's going to be a whole lot farther to any quilt shops!! The closest will be an hour away. But I have thousands of shops right at my fingertips!
After I move it's going to be a whole lot farther to any quilt shops!! The closest will be an hour away. But I have thousands of shops right at my fingertips!
#57
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Northeastern Montana
Posts: 40
How lucky you quilters are to have quilt shops so close. I live out in the boonies (ranch life is wonderful and I do enjoy living here but when I want to shop I want to shop now!!) My nearest quilt shop going North, South or East is 90 miles, If I go West it is 218 miles but have a choice of about 10 different quilt shops to choose from. These are all one way distances. Needless to say I have a good stash of quilting fabrics on hand. Now just need the time to use them all.
#59
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 847
Originally Posted by BarbaraTX
I have a Jo-Anns about a mile away from my house. VERY handy to just zip over whenever the mood hits me. Hancocks is about 7 miles away. There's a "sew and vac" store that has quality fabric that's about 1.5 miles away.
I am in south Austin and we may have crossed paths in those very same stores! I have a lifetime Embroidery and Sewing Club membership at Austin Sew and Vac south; love their fabrics and mentoring I get there. Also use my coupons at the other two, and have you tried Hobby Lobby at Brodie Oaks?
#60
Walmart :roll: is about 10 miles away, LQS and Hobby Lobby are 20+ miles away. If I want to venture to JoAnn's or Hancock Fabrics (or other quilt shops) in San Antonio that's about 35 miles. One of the few disadvantages to living in the country!
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