To be honest, I'm not quite sure what a fabric snob is.I don't like/use certain colors,nor do I like some fabrics.....but don't we all buy what we want that we can afford, be it cars,clothes or fabric?
About old days, My Grma made quilts of feedsacks using gray wool batting on a treadle machine,then tied.Nothing was made to be pretty,just utility quilts. With a family of 10,they were used & used up.
I started out using all WalMart fabric.There was no other choice in our small town,nor could I have afforded it if there was.
Now I have a better machine & use better fabric to make quilts for the love of learning.Every block, every seam is different.They go together to make a whole.Then I'm off & running to start a different quilt.The learning is what I love.
The basics are the same regardless of the equipment or fabric used.JMO
"There's room and value in the work for all of us, I doubt any of us are denying that."