I went to my lqs Saturday. I picked up one of their newsletters. The was an article in it about fabric's quality at discount stores and the lqs. It said that there are 3 grades of fabric. The first go through, the second, and the third. The third time through is the best fabric. The colors etc are truer too. These are the ones that LQS buy. They also choose the fabric they want with a one on one with the salesman, or that they think their customers want. Discount stores get what they get! This is just a VERY short version of the article.