Be Honest With Yourself (& Us)-Where Do You Actually Purchase Your Fabric?
11-19-2017, 07:52 AM
#61
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 17,636
JJ Blaine, I love stories like these.
Let's face it ladies and gents, quilting is a multi-faceted hobby.
I don't stress after the gifting, but I do try to match the gift to the personality.
Other than that, I try to have fun.
Let's face it ladies and gents, quilting is a multi-faceted hobby.
I don't stress after the gifting, but I do try to match the gift to the personality.
Other than that, I try to have fun.
11-19-2017, 08:22 AM
#62
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Posts: 474
There are no Joanns, no Hobby Lobbys and no 'fabric in Walmart' here in my neck of the woods. I shop at the LQS, especially when I have a coupon or there is a 25% off sale. That doesn't happen too often.
I have built up my stash by visiting quilt shops wherever we travel. I LOVE Faye's Henhouse in North Dakota. I have found many lovely shops in Indiana while visiting a friend who lives just out side of Fort Wayne. I also found some neat quilt shops and fabric stores while cruising around the Hawaiian Islands. Hub and I stayed in Nashville en route to Florida and we did NOT take in any shows, but we did visit quilt shops!
It's so much fun to shop in a new place where there is 'different stuff' even though our Canadian dollar doesn't convert well to the US $.
I don't shop on line much anymore. But I like Connecting Threads, Hawthorne Threads and fabric.com.
I have built up my stash by visiting quilt shops wherever we travel. I LOVE Faye's Henhouse in North Dakota. I have found many lovely shops in Indiana while visiting a friend who lives just out side of Fort Wayne. I also found some neat quilt shops and fabric stores while cruising around the Hawaiian Islands. Hub and I stayed in Nashville en route to Florida and we did NOT take in any shows, but we did visit quilt shops!
It's so much fun to shop in a new place where there is 'different stuff' even though our Canadian dollar doesn't convert well to the US $.
I don't shop on line much anymore. But I like Connecting Threads, Hawthorne Threads and fabric.com.
11-19-2017, 06:58 PM
#63
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: kansas
Posts: 6,407
We have 3 LSQ in our rural county and I try to shop at all, although I LAQ some samples for one so purchase more there or we trade. I also purchase online from eQuilter, Quilt Fabric Closeouts, Fabric Fanatics, MSQC, Connecting Threads, I'll also purchase from our local Walmart and a nearby city JoAnn's. Wish Hancocks was still around!
11-19-2017, 08:01 PM
#64
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Vancouver Island, Beautiful BC
Posts: 2,090
You are a lucky lady nstitches.
A road trip to MSQC is one of the few things on my bucket list. I have checked and it is about a 30 hour drive from my home. Yes, I would drive, I love a good road trip. I would try to go for one of their retreats, plus make many stops along the way. Is there a quilters atlas of North America?
Maybe in 2019 when I graduate from university. It will depend though I may be breeding my dog in 2019, if I do I will have to stay close to home.
A road trip to MSQC is one of the few things on my bucket list. I have checked and it is about a 30 hour drive from my home. Yes, I would drive, I love a good road trip. I would try to go for one of their retreats, plus make many stops along the way. Is there a quilters atlas of North America?
Maybe in 2019 when I graduate from university. It will depend though I may be breeding my dog in 2019, if I do I will have to stay close to home.
11-20-2017, 03:35 AM
#65
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
Posts: 12,861
I purchase from my local quilt shop, other quilt shops when visiting and on line shops. I’ve not had very good luck with the ( big box stores—ie: Joanne’s, hobby lobby, Walmart etc.)
so I avoid them .
so I avoid them .
11-20-2017, 07:16 AM
#66
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Florida
Posts: 17,636
I've gotten a lot of lovely fabric online, but sometimes I waste money bc the scale
and the color are not what was expected.
I do wish ALL good fabric stores online, would help the customer and put the ruler
on the pictures.
They'd get a lot more business!!!
(We are on a fixed income now and I have loaded up a cart and clicked out at the
end, and RAN away from the site, knowing I can't afford to lose on that much
yardage. "Caveat Emptor"...buyer beware)
and the color are not what was expected.
I do wish ALL good fabric stores online, would help the customer and put the ruler
on the pictures.
They'd get a lot more business!!!
(We are on a fixed income now and I have loaded up a cart and clicked out at the
end, and RAN away from the site, knowing I can't afford to lose on that much
yardage. "Caveat Emptor"...buyer beware)
11-20-2017, 01:33 PM
#67
Super Member
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 4,363
I buy from JAF mainly, when I can make a trip to the US.
I also buy from Fabricland when they have their 40% off sale and I always buy something from our LQS's when I am nearby.
I'm really torn because, while I would love to support our local stores more, I can't afford to pay $26.00 a metre for batiks and $18.00 a metre (plus tax) for cottons here. So, I feel guilty that I buy in the States, but the option is not to buy what I want/need for my hobby.
As to what I use in each quilt, I use whatever the quilt calls for. In most of my quilts I have a mix of both really "nice" fabric and maybe some lower end stuff that I liked the look of.
Watson
I also buy from Fabricland when they have their 40% off sale and I always buy something from our LQS's when I am nearby.
I'm really torn because, while I would love to support our local stores more, I can't afford to pay $26.00 a metre for batiks and $18.00 a metre (plus tax) for cottons here. So, I feel guilty that I buy in the States, but the option is not to buy what I want/need for my hobby.
As to what I use in each quilt, I use whatever the quilt calls for. In most of my quilts I have a mix of both really "nice" fabric and maybe some lower end stuff that I liked the look of.
Watson
11-20-2017, 07:39 PM
#68
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: SW Missouri
Posts: 2,988
I really dislike shopping, so most of mine is done online. Marshall Dry Goods is my go-to online store--I often buy from their wholesale side. I have a friend who sells on Facebook, so I get some there as well. I have a big stash (in a small house!), so I rarely buy much anymore.
11-21-2017, 03:08 AM
#69
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Maine-ly Florida
Posts: 3,920
I just pur based some beautiful precuts from Tuesday Morning. Original price was about $22 and the Tuesday Morning price was $6.99!
I have a large stash and rarely finish a project. Is there a special word used to identify such a "quilter"? I prefer not to be called a fabricholic or hoarder of fabric, but am sure there are others like me and wonder if already is a different term used to identify us. If not, any suggestions?
I have a large stash and rarely finish a project. Is there a special word used to identify such a "quilter"? I prefer not to be called a fabricholic or hoarder of fabric, but am sure there are others like me and wonder if already is a different term used to identify us. If not, any suggestions?
11-21-2017, 03:42 AM
#70
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Kaneohe, HI
Posts: 2,041
The vast majority of my stash is from local quilt shops, I found that my older Joann's fabrics were too thin and stiff to work well, so I donated those fabrics and never went back. Now that money is tighter, I shop from my stash! About the only thing I buy is a blender fabric to go with whatever i already have
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