Onebyone

I ordered a layer cake from Maywood Studios. I have used Maywood fabric before and never thought it would be different. The fabric is thin and flimsy. No body to it at all. Makes me so sad,

SusieQOH

What a shame. I haven't bought Maywood recently but my Moda and Riley Blake orders have been fine.
I hope it isn't a new trend.

cashs_mom

That is sad. I used a lot of Maywood fabric in a king sized quilt for our bed a few years back and it was really nice.

sewingpup

I haven't bought much new fabric in the last several years, but yep, a lot of it seems to be thinner and ravels more easily. Not all though.

Peckish

I'm somewhat worried about the future in fabrics. My niece-in-law works in the apparel industry, sourcing raw materials for her company. She said in about 5-6 months we're going to see massive shortages on ready-to-wear clothing racks. I don't know if that goes for bolted quilting cottons also, but it wouldn't surprise me.

quiltsfor

This is one reason that I put 'working from my stash' on hold. I have been buying a lot of fabric for multiple projects these past few weeks. I want to be able to ride out the higher prices and shortages.

I just got some Maywood fabric and it was the same as I have bought before on the quality. Perhaps the one you got was just an off batch

sewbizgirl

I hope you called Maywood or just sent it back. Fabric is way too expensive not to be happy with what you get.

lindaschipper

I occassionally order Maywood Studio fabric and have never had a problem with it. As someone said, lets hope this is not the start of something new! I do believe tha majority of what I order online has been from Moda. Love the quality of Moda.

SusieQOH

Onebyone, I was thinking the same thing as Sewbizgirl. I would contact the company.

dunster

Could it be that the fabric is cotton lawn? It has a higher thread count and is very good quality, but is thinner than quilter's cotton. I've encountered it occasionally online and in quilt shops, but it's *usually* identified as lawn.