Originally Posted by MadQuilter
We had a discussion in a class last night and the teacher explained that the fabrics go through a first production run to test the pattern and the colors. Those fabrics go to big stores like Joanne. Then the manufacturers tweak the colors and use a better cotton to print the bolts for the LQSs.
The fabrics I purchased were at local quilt shops and not a singular shop in fact three diferent shops. I mentioned what I had noticed ( the fabrics were thinnner) to the owners and they responded that it is a result of the cost of the base fabric getting more expensive that some of the lines offered are not the same as others by the same manufacture. They noted that they are seeing most affected are the Holiday Prints.