QuiltnLady1

If I drive -- an empty suitcase. If I fly 9or on a cruise) and am in the US -- Priority mail containers (can either find a post office or mailing place). I like to buy fabric or patterns that remond me of the area -- or something I can't live without.

SandiGrove

If I am going interstate I normally take a pattern with me and choose the fabric along the way, but always come home with fabric I just cant find at home!
If its overseas I get both in that particular place but have ended up with patterns in Japanese and all sorts of languages!

Pepsi Girl

Totally my thinking also! I'm fortunate enough to have a husband who not only will go to the quilt shop but finds fabric he thinks I should get.

petthefabric

I save up for the trip, pay in cash and when it's gone, I can go home.

Karen1956

You will LOVE Miller Dry Goods. They have a large selection of everything from oilcloth for table coverings to Minky to TONS of 100% cotton. You can even sign up for their newsletter. So friendly, but it is small and gets crowded. While you are in the area, there are several wonderful quilt shops that you should stop in to see. One is, I think, Grandma's Quilt Barn just outside of Berlin, OH and Helping Hands Quilt Shop right in the center of Berlin.

WMUTeach

I have a generous stash so I seldom purchase something just because I like it or want it. When I go on vacation I look for fabrics that remind me of that place. Recently, I was in Florida (met one of our Board members there, Hi April) and I purchased several pieces that remind me of Florida. It is just a thing I do for fun. I always find a place to use my vacation or trip fabrics and only I know about the special meaning of the fabric.

jmoore

Like most of the previous posts on this thread, if I see fabric that I love and haven't seen it at my LQS, I buy it but since I don't have a big stash and don't want a big stash, I really have to love it or have a project in mind...

quiltmom04

I try to find things I don't see at home, or that are regional. I got a lot of Kokopelli fabric in Arizona one year, sky scraper and taxi fabric from NYC and bluebell fabric from Texas. Also, I try to get distinctive fabric (ie not blenders) so that I will remember where I got it. That way, even if I don't get it into a project, it is a souvenir just much as if I had purchased a little Statue of Liberty.

lauriejo

You will love Miller's, and Amish country is beautiful. If you need more names of stores, let me know! And if you have time and are in the Akron area, I would love to meet up for coffee (or shopping).

Aurora

I only purchase what I cannot find locally, if it is a good price.