Buying quality fabric
#23
Originally Posted by katier825
There are places online you can get discounted quilt shop quality fabric. Thousands of Bolts has many brand name fabrics in the $4-5 dollar range, usually older collections than the current ones your LQS would have. Desperate Quilters has a lot for under $8, newer collections than Thousands of Bolts does. Seawatch Fabrics has the nicer quality Batiks and Asian fabrics at very good prices - usually $2-3 less than quilt shops. Each of these has great customer service and quick shipping. If you find a manufacture you like the fabric quality of, look them up online. You might be able to get what you want at a price you can afford! I buy from many online places and have never been disappointed in any fabric that I've gotten!
:lol: :-P
#24
I made a quilt years ago using quilt shop quality 100% cotton. Some of the first I ever bought in a quilt shop. I didn't know not to, so I bought a poly cotton blend fabric from a discount store, not Walmart, I think it was a TG&Y store. I mixed the two fabrics together in the quilt. My DD has the quilt and the good fabric is faded, has stretched thin around the seams, and easy to get a tear. The poly cotton still looks as good as it did when I bought it. I like quilt shop quality fabric for the designs and color and the way it feels and I buy it when it's on sale. I also buy a lot of poly cotton at Walmart. I think the poly cotton fabric has somehow gotten a bad rap for no good reason. It feels great and sews great. And it doesn't distort so much when cut.
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
the good fabric is faded, has stretched thin around the seams, and easy to get a tear. The poly cotton still looks as good as it did when I bought it. . . . I think the poly cotton fabric has somehow gotten a bad rap for no good reason. It feels great and sews great. And it doesn't distort so much when cut.
#27
Originally Posted by lfw045
Originally Posted by katier825
There are places online you can get discounted quilt shop quality fabric. Thousands of Bolts has many brand name fabrics in the $4-5 dollar range, usually older collections than the current ones your LQS would have. Desperate Quilters has a lot for under $8, newer collections than Thousands of Bolts does. Seawatch Fabrics has the nicer quality Batiks and Asian fabrics at very good prices - usually $2-3 less than quilt shops. Each of these has great customer service and quick shipping. If you find a manufacture you like the fabric quality of, look them up online. You might be able to get what you want at a price you can afford! I buy from many online places and have never been disappointed in any fabric that I've gotten!
:lol: :-P
#28
I've got several of the Asian fabrics that I saw there and saw some that made me drool over. I may just have to finish out some of my collections with the coordinates that I saw there!
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Originally Posted by Butterflyblue
And it's one of those things that you may change your mind on over time. I used to use Wal-Mart fabric all the time; I couldn't tell much difference. But as I have used more quilt-shop fabrics, I notice the difference more, and I am beginning to be pickier about what I use.
#30
Originally Posted by CajunQuilter2
Originally Posted by Butterflyblue
And it's one of those things that you may change your mind on over time. I used to use Wal-Mart fabric all the time; I couldn't tell much difference. But as I have used more quilt-shop fabrics, I notice the difference more, and I am beginning to be pickier about what I use.
I try to carefully check the quality, I also check the sales at the LQS, and love to pick through their scrap baskets. I may get my borders and backing at the LQS but really try to get it on sale. I hate to pay retail for backings.
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