I live in Texas and there's actually a few quilt shops near us.  I've been fortunate that I haven't had to travel far or could order online.  If you count ordering online, then I believe that's New York.  If not, then about oh...30 miles or so. :)

Washington, D.C. from NW Wisconsin! Love G Street Fabrics.

I live in Madison, AL (Near Huntsville) and I got something  from Chicago, IL....actually was there and brought it home!

I traveled two  + 1/2 hours by car to look at a sewing station, but finally bought one closer to home (about an hour away).  But really, wherever we quilters travel, we are always looking for stuff.  You already knew that, didn't you?

Ummm, three hours to my grandfather's house to pick up my aunt's old Singer treadle machine?  Except I didn't buy it...but I'll have to pay to get it working again!

After flying from Houston to Atlanta on business, I made it a point to drive my rental car north to Marietta to visit Little Quilts so I could get some of the fabric featured in their books. This was not a quick or convenient trip, but well worth my time.

My husband takes a couple business trips a year.  I like to go along and visit local quilt shops.  Furthest away to date would be about 600 miles.  

To Houston! 2k9 International Quilt Festival where I bought my beloved Juki!

Honestly..I usually buy most of my stuff online.  I don't really have to travel.  I think the furthest for me was about 15 miles..lol.  

My sister and I drive to Portland OR from Poulsbo WA to buy things at the Fabric Depot...no tax!  

hugs,

Cheri

That is a tough question. I live near Chicago and I ordered supplies online from Korea - does that count? I drove nearly an hour to pickup an antique treadle sewing machine that someone gave away for free. : )

Only a few hour drive.

I live in WA. I didn't intend to buy sewing supplies in Isla Mujeres, Mexico but I did bring some home with me. :D I loved the hand woven fabrics by the local Mayans. Beautiful!

Locally I've gone as far as Olympia for supplies about 45 mins away.

whoops! i just realized that the comment i made might not have contact info - and when I win my free stuff, i want to make sure you can reach me!!! - bohemiannie@gmail.com

thanks!

I live in Baton  Rouge, La. In 2007 I traveled to Scotland and purchase fabric in Ediburgh, and fabric, fiber embellishments, and ephemera in Aberlady, Scotland.

I regularly travel 220 miles to Portland, Or. for supplies. If I can't find it there, then it is mail order and I have had packages come from all over the world including: England, France, Holland, Australia, & Japan. Living in a rural area forces you to be creative and learn to seek out alternative methods and tools, but sometimes you want/need the supplies mentioned in an article, book, or dvd. Then there is the lust factor - need I say more? LOL!

I buy online, and am not sure where my supplies come from.  Other than that, my main stops are local quilt stores, Michaels, and the vendors at the Houston Quilt Show.  How far do THEY travel to make supplies available for me? (ps.  I am in central Texas)

Probably the trip I just took to Ohio -- round trip 1200 miles.  Bought lots of (too much) fabric, patterns, books, toys.....

I live in Michigan and have brought items home from Florida and Kentucky.

I drove to Fla. to visit my dtr. and pick up a used longarm that I purchased . So I drove an RV from Ky. to Fla.  I visited my dtr and came back with my second longarm dismantled and stored in my RV.  995 miles one way.

I went to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to shop.  But I have ordered fabric from Alaska on line.

Hayward, Wisconsin, to Madison, Wisconsin.  About 4 1/2 hours.  We live in a fairly small community and quilting and art supplies are nearly non-existent unless we travel.  I was taking a class and needed several specific items for the class that were only available in large stores.

I've got so many options, I really don't have to travel far. The last time I had to go 30 minutes was a long while ago into the city of Roswell to a really neat shop that is only online now. Fiber on a Whim.

I live in MN and drove to Iowa to bring home my long arm machine! :)

When we travel I try to find a quilt shop so maybe going to Hawaii from Maryland. I was afraid to cut that fabric for a long time it was so pretty!

I would drive into Waukesha and Jefferson county's to visit the quilt shops when I wanted something to do. About 50 miles. I love driving and quilting so It always turned out to be an amazing day :)

I live in Washington state and routinely scope out fabric stores for when I travel on business.  NY & DC (G Street shout-out!).  I've also gotten wonderful stuff when I was in Thailand.

Welllll, I bought quilt fabric in Hawaii (Kauai I think) ... so how ever far it is from Kansas to Kauai. LOL

I'm just outside of Toronto and managed a business trip during a shop hop in the San Diego area!  I planned out what I was going to buy and scored some excellent deals!  So glad the extra weight fees weren't yet imposed on luggage!

I'd like to say thank you as I'm one of the exceptionally lucky winners of the first draw!  I'm just having fun answering now; if by chance you draw my name again, please draw again so another lucky person gets to play with your goodies!

In Indiana and have bought stuff in Arizona!

I live 2 hours from the nearest ART store....and 1 hour to the nearest quilt shop.  So, this is a common occurrence for me - the driving. Thankfully, its not too often as I stock up!

Oh gosh, I drive about 50 miles or so to my beadstore and about 60 to the scrapbooking store, but only 9 to the fabric store ;)

About 10 miles - I guess I'm not very dedicated. ;)

I'm lucky to live in a large city. The furthest I've had to go is 50 miles.

Hawaii!

From NC to NY to buy fabric and interesting bits of "stuff" that I'm not sure what I'll do with, but love having!

about 30 miles to an sewing/crafts show.  I buy fabric when I travel sometimes. So the last time was 800 miles to buy fabric.

I live in upstate NY and have purchased fabric and goodies in MO.

Good Luck everyone! Thank you!

In Los Angeles, it is easier to speak in amount of time to get to a place vs. miles because traffic is so delightful here.  I have driven 2 1/2 hours to get supplies, fabrics, etc.  I think that would be the greatest amount of time spent driving.  With the internet, I have ordered fabric, fibers, etc. from all over the world which I LOVE LOVE LOVE doing.  For a greater distance I often dream of going to Europe for the sole purpose of allowing my creative side to soak everything in to inspire my muse and then to shop like a fool for fabric, papers, etc.  This has been a dream then upgraded to bucket list thing and now I might upgrade it again to a NIKE, "JUST DO IT!" thing.  Rock on Quilting Arts!

Nishinomiya, Japan (where I lived at the time) to Rockville, MD.

Poland. From Denver. I raided bead shops when inwas over there on business for my mixed media quilts

I haven't gone much father than my local fabric shop.  Fabric Depot has everything! Although I did pick up some souvenir fabric at the Stitching post in Sisters at the Outdoor Quilt Show, and I picked up a few things at quilt shops on the coast.  But I think all of my fabric has been purchased in Oregon!

I traveled from Holland MI to Sisters Oregon to become hooked on wool applique Sue Spargo style.  Now I have huge baskets and bins full of wool.

I'm in CT, and I attended a show in NC and bought some stuff there. Otherwise, I get my supplies locally or online.

Michele

I have traveled from Ohio to Key West to purchase fabric, but was also going for the warm weather!

Well, I guess I've travelled around 4,890 miles!!  Last year I travelled from Cyprus to visit my friends in Nova Scotia and New York.  I bought the fabric for my daughter's quilt in New York.  Obviously, that's not ALL I bought!!  Quilting rulers, scissors, threads, books and....................

I live in Louisiana but my brother lives in North Carolina. We've driven up there a number of times to visit him and luckily for me, on our first visit, I spotted Mary Jo's Cloth Store in Gastonia simply driving past it on the interstate!

I convinced my husband to take me there during our visit -- poor guy spent hours carrying bolts for me on my first visit (and we may have actually made two visits that week!). I made it to Mary Jo's on every subsequent visit to Charlotte, even if I had to go by myself.  It was always an adventure -- even if it involved a trip of more than 750 miles to get there!

Sadly we haven't been back to Charlotte (or Gastonia) in years but I still have fond memories of my visits to both places! (And Mary Jo's has a website, in case I ever run out of the fabric I collected there!)

about 3.5 hours hunting down a particular fabric, and thankfully was able to find it :)

2 1/2 hour drive, in a snow storm(nearly blizzard!) simply for fabric and angelina fibers to properly feed and care for my Quilt Shed, and its resident artist-ME!!!

Probably about 100 miles for that special bead or fabric stash item.  With gas prices today though I am doing all my shopping at local small stores and on line.

Judith

Well, I'm in Bermuda so, hehe, just about everything comes from the United States.

P.S. If I won, I can have it shipped to my uncle in Florida. We're going to visit in a few weeks and I could pick up the goodies then, *grin*

120 miles one way, also gives opportunity to visit all other shops on way.  Fun times

Ah, I have bought things as far away from me as Florida (I live in NY).

Elaine in Western NY

I bought things on my trip to Guatemala to bring home for my sewing room.  So... from Seattle to Guatemala.

I always have to travel to get quilting supplies or purchase on line since they closed our local Joanns Fabric.To get to a fabric place I travel about 55 miles. So when I go I really stock up .

Houston quilt show from my home in Nebraska!

I'm entering from Canada for my friend Christie in NY.  (I just got her hooked on fibre arts)

Farthest... not far actually!  I travel in town only.  What I cannot get here, I either shop online for, or I wait for the big trade show when all the vendors come to our biennial quilt market.  

every 2 years... I guess I could win for the longest wait?  haha

~Monika

Every time I travel whether for business or personally, I always check out quilt shops in the area and make sure I visit as many as I can. I live in Ohio and I've went as far west as Colorado and as far south as Charleston, SC and all places in between.

I've bought fabric all over - the farthest was mailed from Baharain  - still I don't like to travel myself too far so I would say 4 or 5 hours by car!

I travelled to San Diego California from Swift Current SK (a LONG way) and bought Georgia O'Keefe dvd and postcards for my studio.

I have a US mailing address for this contest.

How far?  155 miles in search of art quilting embellishments... stopping between my home in CT and my destination in Maine...

When I lived in Michigan, I've bought supplies from quilt shops in California. I have to admit though, I have family in California, the main reason for those trips!

From Boston Ma, to a quilt shop in Sitka , Alaska for a pattern.

oh yes, and I often give travelling friends $ to buy me fabric where they are travelling - have been brought fabric from India, Guatemala, and  England, Saudia Arabia and the Maldives (son and dil).  I hope to get some from Africa this summer - a local young woman is travelling there on her break from University.

I have a US mailing address for this contest

I live in Santa Barbara but travel to Montana where I often shop in the quilt stores around Helena and Townsend. But many of the fabrics I purchase are from India, Indonesia, France. When at home we routinely drive an hour and a half to a good fabric store and my sewing machine center in Santa Maria.

From Richmond, Va to Hanford, Ca! I was visiting my daughter and couldn't pass up the loca quilt store. Found some great wave fabric.

From Dayton, Ohio to Houston, Texas.

What was furthest you've traveled to buy an item for your quilting studio?

So far, the furtherest I've traveled for my QUILTING supplies has been NC.  We live in FL and travel each summer to NC.  DH plays golf and I meet with quilty girl friends, visit as many quilt shops as we can find, and take a few classes.  Mary Jo's in Gastonia, Randy's Quilt Shop in Greensboro, and Marty's Patchwork Cottage in Black Mountian are my FAVORITE NC QUILT SHOPS.

Cissy

From St. Paul MN to Portland OR

I admit, I don't have time to drive far. Usually I just order it online.

Hawaii!  I love Hawaiian fabric and arrived back in San Antonio, TX with a suitcase full.

When I am on vacation I often think to buy a little fabric or something for my quilting. The farthest?... probably Amsterdam from NY.  They have really nice fabrics in Amsterdam!!

Painting the walls in my basement workroom, and giving away my scraps to a local appliquer.

I travel a lot and always stop at craft stores whenever I can, but I am not sure that counts.  But if you count up the number of miles I've racked up on Shop Hops & Stash Dashes it's quite a bit! :)  Now the farthest I have *shipped* something is mammoth: I've moved from the UK to the US and now packing to move to Australia so my stuff really gets around, with or without me :)

From Ohio to Bama (and into the boonies)...  I was visiting family in Alabama and saw a little sign stuck in the ground by the side of the road reading "quilt shop".  I was intrigued, and our gas tank was full, so we took the next turn.  We ended up at someone's house with a small building in front that housed a little quilt shop (that was closed).  Apparently, the woman who lived there saw us and came outside in her housecoat to open up shop for us!  She'd just been through surgery and hadn't reopened yet, but didn't want to turn away business.  I'm so glad she did as I walked away with some great and unique fabrics and quilting kits.  I think I made it worth her while to open up for a bit! :)

Marimekko fabric from Finland.

From NW Wisconsin to the Road to California show this past January. I bought half a suitcase full of longarm templates. I usually have to carry my dirty clothes in my carry on because I buy so much at the shows.

Well - this is my third try.  The first one was an error and I think I posted on #2 give-away instead of #3.  So I'll try again....

The furthest I've traveled????  I think that would be a 2-3 hour drive to a new and different quilt/fabric shop

Thanks for the give-away!

Barbara

Over 7,000 miles!  I took a 3-month driving and camping trip through Oklahoma and Texas, shipping home tons of beautiful fabrics and such as I went.  (I live in eastern Kentucky.)

I was on a trip to Germany and found the most wonderful bolt of sunflower fabric like none I had ever seen in the states.  Sure enough, it was made in Germany!  At the time I was living in Northwest Ohio

I would have to say Denver, CO while out visiting hubby's family. I live near Chicago.

Good luck with the move!

I've gone to California - and I live in New Hampshire!

Vancouver, Washington (from Indiana)..... I bought my first batik fabric four years ago...... it's an obsession now!

well on vacation,( I live in upstate NY), I visited some wonderful shops in AZ, but usually, the furthest I go is about 45 min drive from here and the closest... used to be a shop within walking distance!

From Linn Grove IA to Mission TX

I purchased my machine over an hour away from home...no close dealers, but have purchased many needed items at Houston Quilt Festival, and that is over 1600 miles away....

I always get some sort of momentos for my studio when I'm on vacation. I'm husband has learned to be patient as I look for that "something special" that will remind me of our trip. So far, as far north as Alaska, south as far as Arizona, west as far as Hawaii, east Montana. Hmm, think I need to go farther east! (live in Washington state)

I traveled to a quilt show in Denver, which is 250 miles away.  Usually shop in person in Alamosa, CO..which is 20 miles from home.

I was in New Zealand -- from Central Illinois!

Six hours to buy a sewing machine or about 200 milea

I have a ton of fabric from when I went to Gabon.

I have driven 1400 miles to visit a favorite quilt shop - one of the few at that time that I knew would have 6 inch squares - I was making a charm quilt at the time and was having problems finding smaller than fat quarters to buy.

An hour and a half drive.  :)

1200 km

just in case i'm not tooo late,

2 hours!

I live in Scottsdale, AZ and I know I bought goodies in New York.

Not all that far but something in every town i go to that i see material..

go to the quilt shop  and shop all day

1,760 miles is the farthest I've traveled...to another country...to get something(s) for my quilting studio. :D

I see I am too late, but I'll comment anyway. I always end up looking for quilting shops when I am on vacation or travel, but I do regularly travel about and hour or more to get to my very favorite quilt shop.

The furthest I've traveled is about 5371 miles! That's from the San Francisco airport to London, England. Ah, and what did I want so desperately that I traveled that far? I wanted to get a 222K Singer Featherweight sewing machine and there's a man near London who refurbishes them to work on USA electricity. Luckily for me my husband already needed to go for a business trip and I just tagged along.  :-)

5pm in what time zone?

Lancaster from Philly, about 1 1/12 hours.

I bought a pair of stork scissors from Germany, and I live in South Carolina.

We were on a trip and that was the only thing on my souvenior list, and some fabric. Got some beautiful silk.

About 300 miles, if you mean specifically to buy.  About 11000 miles if you mean buying at a felicitous occasion!

Just got back from Key West  which is 1900 miles from home.  Went to buy the Key West Block print fabric.  Only to sadly discover the store had closed in Jan after 59 years in business.  I was soooo sad.

Patti

Home from an artists' date - took lots of photos and am inspired.

I was on a trip to Amsterdam.  And I looked for a quilt shop. I found two. One was just a fabric store the other was a real quilt shop. It was ausome .

Kim komet

houston but i do alot of online shopping

I've travelled 800 miles to get quilting material.  My sister-in-law told me of a cool place to get fabric where she lived and when I got there, I took a bike ride in the desert and found more stuff in the desert than I did at the fabric store.  So, I guess more like 810 miles....

I got quilt fabric in Patzcuaro, Mexico and oil cloth for my work tables in Zihuatanejo, Mexico.  Also fabric in France.  Usually I buy things locally though.

I live in Lake City, Florida and have traveled as far as  Poulsbo, Washington to purchase items for my quilting studio.  They have a great quilt shop their "Heirloom Quilts & Fabrics.  However, I am fortunate to live in Lake City where we have" Fabric Art" quilt shop.  It opened shortly after I moved to Lake City and is a dream to a quilter who is expanding into all types of mixed media. It's a short 10 minute drive.

I traveled from New Hampshire to a wonderful quilt shop in Canon Beach, Oregon. What an experience!

I go to a country store to get  quilting supplies.Takes me about an hour and a half to get there.That store has so many things for embellishments,that you just can't find in my,or I think any city.The material is great quality.I also used to go to New York which took about two to three hours,but I am very happy I found this store.

I drove six hours - 350 miles- to get hand dyed fabric from the PIQF show in Santa Clara. It was worth it!!!!

Thanks for all of your wonderful answers! The randomly selected winners are: Judi73 , Endorph , Lisa