Thanks for the information Tricia (I admit I had to look up retayne :wink: ) I've had problems with fabric I bought from Wal-Mart - it would skew when I tried to sew with it, and being new to sewing I thought it was me until I bought a wall hanging kit from a quilt store. That's when I decided to start building my stash with better fabric.
I used to think that I could only afford Wal-Mart fabric. At my Wal-Mart, the price of quilting cottons was in the $4/yd range the last time I looked, so I keep that number in my head when shopping sales and online. I've found I can get really nice fabric for very close to that price if I stick to sales, etc. for my quilting fabric. If I didn't have plastic to use for online shopping, I could always get a prepaid Visa from Walgreens. If they are raising their prices, then there went the last reason I had to even consider buying their fabric. JMHO :D