Quilt shop fabric is not always the best quality. I took my one and only quilt class sometime ago at a quilt shop. I needed a fabric to go with the top I was working on, so got it at the shop. $8.99 a yard. It had to be the worse peice of fabric I have ever purchased. I took it all apart when I got home and used something from my stash which may have have come from Walmart. I will never bad mouth discount store fabric. I have quilts that my grandmother made in the 30s and 40s that are still beautiful, and she sure didn't use quilt shop quality fabric. Use what you can afford, and don't appoligize for it.